Stunning Imaginative and complete ! Del Torro's Masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (29 November 2006)

A dark brutal and imaginative fairytale which draws/ pulls you in through the eyes of its innocent lead .. We are introduced to the 12 year old Ofelia played by the excellent Ivana Baquero as she arrives at a military outpost in the hills of rural Spain in 1944 ,, on meeting her psycho step father, Captain of a fascist team hunting guerrillas in the hillside , she retreats into a nightmarish world where the horrors of war pollute her childlike imagination ! Emotionally compelling, visually captivating, the claustrophobic atmosphere draws you in, It scares you and and moves you by its visual flair and brutal storyline from its beginning till end .. Sublime cinema where the acoustics excel and the removal of a leather glove can create a tone of power and style in itself ..
Please go and see this ... such a unique and haunting piece of work with several genres fusing to produce one of this years best movies
A visual and acoustic feast of sight and sound, A film, poetic, charming and violent where an alice in wonderland thematic strain gets the del torro makeover ,, With a harsh and very very real war.. !!
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