I would like my money back, Mr. del Toro

Rating: 3/10 (17 January 2007)

It was beautiful on a technical level. But I thought the story stunk. You have the Spanish civil war story and the little girl in Wonderland story. They never really mesh, except for when the wicked stepfather shows up in the labyrinth at the end. And do I really need to see a giant frog barf up what looks like a corn muffin with raisins, or a guy sew his own cheek together? If the filmmakers would have spent less time on unnecessary gore and more time on telling a coherent story, they might have had something. What story there was move forward at a snail's pace. So if you're curious to see what the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe would be like if it dropped acid and spoke Spanish, then this is the movie for you. This movie seems to be getting a of acclaim, but I just don't get it. To me it was just a big boring surreal mess.