Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Ivana Baquero, Sergo López, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil, Álex Angulo, Manolo Solo |
Director |
Guillermo del Toro |
Screenplay | Guillermo del Toro |
Music | Javier Navarrete |
Cinematography | Guillermo del Toro |
Editing | Bernat Vilaplana |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
Made in | 2006 |
Produced by | Warner Bros. Pictures, Tequila Gang, Esperanto Filmoj, Estedious Picasso, OMM, Sententia Entertainment, Telecinco |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
Genre | Drama |
Language | Infrequently mild |
Nudity | None |
Sex | None |
Violence | Frequently intense to extreme. Blood and gore. |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None |
Comments | The mixture of reality and fiction can be confusing. The callous killings and executive style of murder can disturb sensitive viewers. |
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Tense Family Scenes |
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Topics to talk about |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Debashine Thangevelo A definite must-see. | 15 | |
Die Burger Laetitia Pople 'n Aangrypende fantasieverhaal. | 15 | |
Cape Times Kenneth Turan A fantasy more real than life itself. | 20 | |
iAfrica.com Melanie Daly It's terrifying and, at the same time, mesmerising and splendid, sparing the audience very little as it entrenches itself deeply and permanently into your consciousness. | 18 | |
Mail & Guardian Shaun de Waal | 16 | |
The Citizen Peter Feldman Pan's Labyrinth, though transmitting other frightening images, which may be of concern to younger children, is, nevertheless, an exceptional experience. | 18 | |
Sunday Times Barry Ronge Apart from its exceptional visual richness, Pan's Labyrinth is a potent allegory of life itself, a rare discovery in a commercially produced work. | 20 | |
24.com Anton Marshall Guillermo del Toro's masterpiece is without a doubt one of most captivating, disturbing and beautifully shot films ever made. Don't take the kids though. | 20 | |
BBC Jonathan Trout Compelling from first frame to last, Pan's Labyrinth never misses a chance to wrench, quell or quicken your heart: this visionary project propels Del Toro into the highest league of filmmakers. There can be no excuses. See this film. | 20 | |
eye Weekly Jason Anderson Del Toro concocts something very special out of ancient magic and human muck. | 15 | |
ReelViews James Berardinelli The lack of family friendliness does not diminish what del Toro has achieved with this magical motion picture. | 18 | |
Rolling Stone Peter Travers Del Toro never coddles the audience. He means for us to leave Pan's Labyrinth shaken to our souls. He succeeds triumphantly. | 20 | |
ScreenIt Pan's Labyrinth is an utterly captivating, engrossing and disturbing film that's unlike most any other you'll see this or any other year. If you love or long for superior filmmaking, you should rush out to see it, but remember it's not for the kids. | 16 | |
Metacritic.com 36 critics | 20 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 182 critics | 17 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer A spellbinding fable, this is Alice in Wonderland for grown-ups. | 19 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 56297 Netizens The best fantasy of the past decade. | 17 | |
Average .. 89% | 18 |