A masterpiece..

Rating: 10/10 (6 December 2006)

This film will go down as being one of my all time favourites. Guillermo del Toro has done a fantastic job of bringing together war and the innocence of a young girls mind.
There are very few movies where I can say that I think every actor (including the extras!) were brilliant but this is it. A shining star amongst them all must be Ivana Baquero. She takes on the hardest role of them all as she has to portray a young girl trying to cope with her own demons alongside trying to cope with living with a step father and in the middle of a battle field. Sergi López as the captain is another classic character, a lovable rogue you can respect as well as loathe.
All in all this film has something for everybody. The subtitles (IMHO) don't take anything away from this film as the camera work appears to take into account the reader wont be able to keep up if its bouncing all over the place. 10/10 for me, cinematic brilliance!