Not what we expected

Rating: 5/10 (2 February 2007)

From the only television trailer we saw and the ad in the local movie section, we assumed this was a fantasy film... especially since the quote compared it to LOTR. So imagine our surprise when we realized we were watching a foreign film...and a violent, depressing one at that.
Obviously we should have researched the film first and not gone based solely on the trailer (which neglected to mention it was in Spanish) that led us to believe the movie was a typical fantasy story.
The allegory was obvious and the fantastical images too fleeting. I left feeling depressed... Not because of the graphic violence and senselessness, but because the fantasy was so obviously only that, a young girl's escape from the harshness of the world around her.
For those of you who know exactly what this film is about and what to expect, it will be highly satisfying. For the rest of you who have only seen the misleading television trailer and are expecting a true fantasy flick, this probably isn't for you... or is at the very least a rental.