An excellently executed film.

Rating: 10/10 (15 December 2006)

There is not one thing that I didn't like about this movie. The mixture of the fairy tale theme and the Spanish Civil War work amazingly well together. As I sat in the dark watching it, Del Toro's magnificent cinematography sucked me in and never let go. At no point during the film was I lulled to sleep. So many of the films nowadays, in my point of view, let you know that they are films. Pan's labyrinth, with the fantastic creatures and the twists actually made me believe that I was actually part of the story. The various match cuts also put me into the fairy tale realm. This film however is not the type of film that children should attend, but is incredible nonetheless.