intriguingly odd!

Rating: 8/10 (29 September 2010)

How a person could imagine such an imaginative tale is beyond me, however overall worth every penny, nomination and award it received. For a relatively low budget, by todays standards, the scenes where superbly created and effective.
The tale begins with a young girl (Ofelia) being taken to a country house, as her journey takes an abrupt pause we see her inquisitive, imaginative side burgeoning. As the story develops the child goes deeper and deeper into her imagination creating a devilish faun that dictates her quest, until these tasks become a serious problem as she is getting in trouble, a costly mistake she will find later on in the plot. A lucky escape from a convincing, baby consuming monster foreshadows a grim ending in store. And as the story continues the family drift apart until they are strangers to each other. But will things ever return to how it used to be in a country torn apart in war? Id recommend finding out for yourself! Enjoyable all the way.