Enchanting and Dark....

Rating: 10/10 (9 June 2007)

This movie goes on the top of my list, above Donnie Darko even.
One night up in Blacksburg, my buddy calls me up and asks if I wanted to go see a movie called Pan's Labyrinth, I had never heard of it before. I thought to myself, "Sure, I need to get out of my apartment." So he came by and we drove to the movies. He didn't know much about it except that it was supposed to be good. We sit down, and it starts...Oh no, subtitles... It opened with the story of the girl and I began to have a little more doubt in this movie that I had heard nothing of.
It got a bit farther in the film and my doubts faded away and replaced with awe. It was a truly great film. By the end I had heard a new fairytale that all could enjoy.
It didn't censor the violence, it was in full force from the son's head getting bashed in to the Pale Man biting the fairies, nothing hidden and unseen. This movie had guts...no pun intended.
I recommend this film and believe it to be one of the greatest films of all time, but don't take my word for it.