A world of choices and decisions.

Rating: 9/10 (20 December 2006)

Pan's Labyrinth has a Grimm's Fairytale quality. The mood is curious and enchanting but under a dark and stormy cloud. The time is 1944 and the Facists are taking charge in Spain. There is a monster present. He is the brutal murderous Fascist father of our young heroine. The French have a way of being so stoic to the emotions of others.
A Young girl finds herself escaping into Pan's Labyrinth where she seeks to find the answer to find her true father. Her real father has developed a lust for torturing his victims in the name of his belief. His ego had blinded many as did Hitler...as does Bush.
The Fantasy in the film becomes haunting and warm to the reality that surrounds this young girl. War is so destructive on so many levels yet, it will never end as long as there are politics. Imagine the young Iraqi girl escaping into her fantasies to escape the destruction around her. We're paying taxes for that people. wake up! A beautiful and lyrical film about a state of mind while we exist in this great fairy tale we were born into. Do not forget the beauty of our world. When war takes that away from the next generation, it's time to fix the war.