I've never cried so much at a film...

Rating: 10/10 (11 December 2006)

Incredibly powerful film with such an intense threat of violence throughout that I was an emotional wreck by the end of it. I felt everything that Ofelia did and at no point could I guess or anticipate what was going to happen as I was so involved in the immediate moment. The amount of violence shown is not particularly great but what is shown is brutal. For the majority, it is the sense that the villains are capable of such hateful and inhumane acts that you fear what they will do next. The magic is dark and foreboding and you are never quite sure of Pan's true intentions. A real fairy tale for adults and one of the best films I have ever seen.