Pans Labyrinth [Blu-ray] starring
Ivana Baquero, Ariadna Gil, Sergi
López, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones
A Hauntingly, Beautiful Lullaby For Adults
Inspired by the Brothers Grimm, Jorge Luis Borges, and Guillermo del
Toros own unlimited imagination, Pans Labyrinth is a fairytale for adults.
Ofelia (Ivana Baquero) may only be 12, but the worlds she inhabits, both
above and below ground, are dark as anything del Toro has conjured. Set
in rural Spain, circa 1944, Ofelia and her widowed mother, Carmen
(Ariadna Gil, Belle Epoque), have just moved into an abandoned mill with
Carmens new husband, Captain Vidal (Sergi López, With a Friend like
Harry). Carmen is pregnant with his son. Other than her sickly mother and
kindly housekeeper Mercedes (Maribel Verdú, Y Tu Mamá También), the
dreamy Ofelia is on her own. Vidal, an exceedingly cruel man, couldnt be
bothered. He has informers to torture. Ofelia soon finds that an entire
universe exists below the mill. Her guide is the persuasive Faun (Doug
Jones, Mimic). As her mother grows weaker, Ofelia spends more and more
time in the satyrs labyrinth. He offers to help her out of her predicame nt if
shell complete three treacherous tasks. Ofelia is willing to try, but does this
alternate reality really exist or is it all in her head? Del Toro leaves that up
to the viewer to decide in a beautiful, yet brutal twin to The Devils
Backbone, which was also haunted by the ghost of Franco. Though it lacks
the humor of Hellboy, Pans Labyrinth represents Guillermo Del Toro at the
top of his considerable game. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Guillermo del Toros PANS LABYRINTH is a sublimely imaginative,
exquisitely refined dark fairy tale that weaves grim reality, and sumptuous
dreamlands together with what seems like effortless ease. Ivana Baquero
as Ofelia, a 12-year old caught up in Francos war, is superb ( as is the rest
of the cast ). This marvelous film may lack the humor of films like Caro and
Jeunets equally wonderful, THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN, or Peter
Jacksons epic THE LORD OF THE RINGS, but it is every bit as moving.
Its a bit violent for children, but this is high fantasy at its very best.
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