Disappointing

Rating: 4/10 (8 February 2007)

It's sad the such a distortioned and stereotyped depicting of the 1940's Spain become the main protagonist of the movie. The "real" characters of the movie become more fantastic than the fauns and fairies of the tale.
That fairy tale visioned by the little girl which should have been the engine of the movie, start to stutter in the middle of the trip to stalled completely at the end. The "happy" end is just a quick fix for a story that wasn't working and was difficult to develop all the way.
The mis-en-scène was very good, so was the art direction and Ofelia's role. But the whole result of the movie was very disappointing for a film with such nice effects and good film-making.