The Ultimate Adult fairy tale

Rating: 10/10 (21 January 2007)

I saw this movie is a pretty packed house and it was a great experience. I thought the audience reaction added to a movie that is at once beautiful, dark, and shocking in turns.
It's not common for a movie to deal with the experience of a child as adult subject matter. Pan's Labyrinth takes the child's point of view of a tough situation with the same care and attention that it does for the adults'.
The movie's world is visually stunning, and a clever reflection of the mental state of the characters and the situation. The visual effects are also quite amazing, but I think the live action is actually more effective and engaging than the computer generated effects.