One of 2006's best movies!

Rating: 10/10 (2 March 2007)

In 1944 Spain during the Spanish civil war, a young girl named Ofelia is always a daydreamer and obsessed with fairy tales for she has to live in the countryside with her pregnant mother at a farmhouse. One night, she finds a fairy that takes her to the labyrinth in the garden outside where she meets a faun creature that tells her to do many tasks for she escapes from the depressing reality of war.
Spectacular and unique adult horror fantasy that is perhaps the best modern fairy tale there might be! Not since "The Wizard of Oz" or "Lord of the Rings" has there been an imaginative fantasy film that captures the audiences's imaginations. Guilermo Del Toro ("Hellboy", "Blade 2", "Devil's Backbone" and "Cronos") brings a thrilling, powerful and sometimes macabre story that blends the horrors of war with the fantasy innocence of youth, this is probably one of the best foreign movies i've ever seen and one of the best horror & fantasy movies i've ever watched.
A wonderful and dark film that has to be seen to believed! truly a recommended movie.