22 minute standing ovation at Cannes says it all

Rating: Null/10 (13 August 2015)

I happened to catch this film on a PPV channel recently and was really impressed having done a little bit of reading about it I read it got a 22 minute standing ovation at the Canne's Film Festival that is incredible. Guillermo Del Toro has created something that is really very special - its separated into different sections - part war movie, part fantasy, and really is a must see. There are some incredible performances in this film especially from Sergi Lopez as Captain Vidal and as central character Ofelia, newcomer Ivana Baquero delivered a performance that looked like that of somebody involved in the business for years! It might be a foreign language film, but the film relies on on screen action much more than that of dialogue and what bit there is has subtitles so its fine.
Well worth a watch. Can't praise it enough.