Most over-rated film of the year

Rating: 3/10 (24 January 2007)

The thing got like a 96% positive rating on rotten tomatoes/meta-critic. Can't imagine what all the critics were inhaling in the theaters . Do we really live in era of such diminished expectations?
The production values are beyond reproach, but it's a major disappointment - the plot was tiresome, the characters one dimensional clichés, violence gratuitous and the Christ allegory ending embarrassing. As a fair-tale, the magic realism elements were contrived and shallow. As an exploration of Spain's civil war during fascism it's laughably bogus.
Also Mr. Director, if your inept main character shows less sense about her than my 2 year old niece, it's hard to take your film seriously .
Worst 'foreign film' I've seen in a while.