A movie of depth

Rating: 10/10 (22 December 2006)

I loved Pan's Labyrinth for many reasons, I was talking to a friend yet again about it, we both have different takes on how the reality was supposed to be, in her head or the truth.
I liked that it gives you something to think about, respects your intelligence to piece together elements. It is a film of many layers, for adults (only, not a children's film) it matches the hard reality of a very sad time, playing on your adult cynicism and understanding yet pairing it with a wish to believe, an allowance to be taken with the fantasy; you too want to escape Ofelia's and Spain's nightmare.
Yes it is violent, it's affectingly so because it's the violence of humanity and not fantasy. Some people will be disappointed and wish for some Eregon rubbish. The acting is second to none and I suppose my last comment is that it was SO refreshing to see a film with no CGI, that relied on true acting skills to pull it off. For me it did.