Huge Disappointment

Rating: Null/10 (24 March 2007)

A lot of the user comments for this films contain the word beautiful, and on the surface it is beautiful, but like a lot of beautiful things it is sorely lacking any sort of substance.
Unlike the fantastic Devil's Backbone which used the war as a backdrop to the story, this is a film about the war with a tacked on fantasy sub plot. I was looking forward to learning about the pale man who appeared in so much of the promotion for this film, only to discover he had a bit part at best. It was incredibly frustrating sitting through the war segments waiting to get back to the labyrinth and as a result both sides of the story seemed half baked.
It could have been a great war movie or a great fairy tale but ended up being neither.