Best Movie Since Prisoner of Askaban

Rating: 10/10 (27 January 2007)

This movie is chocked full of the things that make a great story! You've got symbolism, heroism, war, fantasy, grit, honor, escapism, survival, life, and death. The acting is superb! Like all great actors, the stars of Pan's Labyrinth allow you to go on the journey without having to critique bad performances. Not since our introduction to the genius of Dakota Fanning, has another young actor delivered such a performance. Fans of the Harry Potter books will be refreshed by the depiction of such a visual story however, Pan's Labyrinth is even further from a children's fantasy than the Potter series. The dark and gritty reality of the adults world is contrasted by the fantasy world of the young. This movie is a study of life's balances and contrasts. It is a masterful representation of the mind's battle between fantasy and reality!