Pan's Sadism

Rating: 3/10 (25 October 2018)

Pan's Labyrinth is both too childish for adults and too adult for children. A young girl approached by fairies in the woods to complete some gruesome tasks so that she might become princess in an underground kingdom, juxtaposed with guerilla warfare, torture, and maternal death. Does one really wish to see a girl reading magic books, followed immediately by repeated face stabbings? It is the most repulsive fairy tale you could imagine.
Much of the cinematography is stunning, but whoever offered the filmmakers a discount on the crane has done us all a great disservice, as the cameraman is unable to keep his hands still, and as if the ugly subject matter wasn't for the stomach enough, we spend the entire film in aimless motion, getting sea sick on dry land. Worse is the script and its numerous logical flaws, which see characters doing many unbelievable things a vast majority of the time. I guess if they cared as much about the script as the camera moves, this never would have made it to screen.