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Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
In darkness,
there can be light. In misery, there can be beauty. In death,
there can be life...
Director: Guillermo del Toro, rated R for
violence, scary images
  Starring:
Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones, Ariadna
Gil, Álex Angulo, Manolo Solor
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★★☆
- near perfect
"I've had so many
names. Old names that only the wind and the trees can pronounce.
I am the mountain,
the forest and the earth. I am... I am a
faun. Your most humble servant, Your Highness." - Pan to
Ofelia
Why watch this? As
wise critic Roger Ebert penned, "It is a fairy tale for grown-ups".
Plot Summary:
Set in Spain during WWII, a young girl, Ofelia, and her pregnant mother
move into the compound where her ruthless father-in-law, Captain
Vidal, resides. Vidal, a sadistic leader, is responsible for
suppressing a band of rebels who resist the Francoist regime. He
is cruel, especially to Ofelia. To cope, the girl escapes to an
imaginary world of fairies and creatures. Within a nearby stone
maze, she encounters the bizarre, horned Pan, a faun who gives
her three tasks to prove her worthiness to become a princess.
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Dad's Preview:
There is a atmosphere that del Toro brings to his films. It is
often dark,
dirty, and very scary. It is very intentional that the audience
is uncertain whether our young protagonist is dreaming or lucid.
Perhaps it is a little of both. I was impressed with the
performance by Ivana Baquero as Ofelia, a young girl searching for
comfort in a world of pain. This
allegorical, fantastic film won buckets of awards, and sits atop
many lists as greatest fantasy film ever.
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Estudios Picasso,
Tequila Gang, Esperanto
Filmoj,
Sententia Ent.;
Warner Bros. Pictures
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Genres:
Animation-StopM-ClayM,
Drama-Family,
Fantasy-Adv,
Fantasy-Dark,
Fantasy-Drama,
Historical Drama,
Historical-Fantasy,
Horror-Monster,
Horror-Psychological,
Horror-Supernatural,
War-Drama
Dad's Genres:
Slime-Time,
Sweet-Revenge |
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