One of the best films in a long time

Rating: 10/10 (24 September 2007)

Simply put: Pan's Labyrinth is one of the most beautiful, best written, best directed, and best acted films of all time. The screenplay drips with symbolism in this critique on fascism and unquestioned authority. Though I went into the film expecting fantasy, I came out more satisfied than I could have ever imagined when I first walked in the theater.
From the first scene to the ending credits, this movie brings you right in to the countryside of Franco's Spain and it never lets you go. Ofelia's acting is superb, along with the supporting cast. Also, the final scene is one of the most beautiful and touching scenes that I have ever witnessed. If you are not stirred emotionally, in some way, by the final scene, you should just stop going to movies, because nothing is going to be able to move you.
A most well deserved 10/10. See this movie immediately if you have not done so yet.