Pan's Labyrinth (2 DVDs) Reviews

Pans Labyrinth came out back in October of 2006. At first it was not really that big a hit, a Spanish film without much hype. Since then thought the film has gone from strength to strength. A beautiful bewitching and dark fairy tale. This film is pure magic! Pans Labyrinth tells the story of a young girl named Ofelia. She is a girl ...  Read the complete review

Pan's Labyrinth is set in Spain 1944, 5 years after the civil war. The movie starts when a pre-teen girl Ophelia (Ivana Baquero) with a rich imagination completes a puzzle which enables her to see the world differently. She is set three tasks by a mythical creature (a faun) which she must complete by the next full moon to reveal the ...  Read the complete review

Pan's Labyrinth is a surreal drama/horror by who seems to be THE Spanish horror directer, Guillermo Del Toro, director os such films - The Orphanage, The Devils Backbone and Cronos. The film is set within the era or world war II in Spain, it focusees around a captain of the Spanish military, his daughter and his pregnant wife. His wife is pregnant ...  Read the complete review

It's Spain in 1944, and young Ofelia travels with her pregnant mother to stay with her new stepfather, a captain dealing with the remnants of the Spanish civil war. Ofelia loves reading elaborate fairy tales, and as her mother battles with a difficult pregnancy, Ofelia stumbles across a strange labyrinth filled with mysterious beasties. So far so ...  Read the complete review

PAN'S LABYRINTH Intro: El laberinto del fauno, or Pan's Labryinth, as it is also known, is the dark fairytale from Mexican director Guillermo del Toro. His other works had previously included Hellboy and Blade II, as well as a variety of lesser known Spanish films, but it was only with Pan's Labyrinth that del Toro began getting ...  Read the complete review

What a masterpiece this film is! I dont think im going to have a bad word to say about it. It was released in 2006 and was written and directed by Guillermo del Toro. It is all filmed in Spanish with English subtitles available on the dvd. It's rated 15 with good reason as there is a fair bit of violence and some pretty scary scenes. ...  Read the complete review

A beautiful heart warming story! Fairytale fantasy and a child's twist of horror! Set in spain during the civil war - A young girl (Ofelia) is battling with her own demons in both reality and her own dark fairytale. After being uprooted by her mother to a military outpost set in a remote forest to live with her newly acquired sadistic ...  Read the complete review

Wow. That's what I think. If ever anyone had any concerns about delving into the fantasy genre, send them in the direction of Mr del Toro. He has a deft touch when it comes to weaving a magical tale. One that I have only recently seen matched in Let The Right One In. Pan's Labyrinth is set during the Spanish civil ...  Read the complete review

When Tolkien fans first heard that someone other than Peter Jackson would be handling the film adaptation of The Hobbit, many of them may have had concerns about what and potential director would do with the tale that they loved so much. When Guillermo Del Toro was announced as said director, many breathed a sigh of relief, and if ...  Read the complete review

A conceptual and visual triumph from a director with a reputation for handling the fantastical as well as anyone in film, Pan's Labyrinth (Laberinto del Fauno) made its debut at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, and was released later that year. Set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War, the film centres around a young girl, Ofelia, who is ...  Read the complete review

This was the first film I had seen by the noted European director and I was not disappointed one bit. There is always a fear when one watches a film in another language that there is the potential to miss some of the good action and the facial characteristics of the face. In this film I can assure you that this is absolutely not the ...  Read the complete review

Directed and written by Guillermo del Toro Drama / Fantasy / Thriller Released 24th November, 2006 (UK) MAIN CAST: Ariadna Gil as Carmen Vidal Ivana Baquero as Ofelia Sergi López as Capitán Vidal Maribel Verdú as Mercedes Doug Jones as Pan Álex Angulo as Dr. Ferreiro ...  Read the complete review

Pan's labyrinth is a film set in 1944 after the Spanish Civil War and revolves around a young girl called Ofelia who enters a labyrinth and meets a faun who reveals to her that he believes her to be a princess and she must complete three tasks to return to her fathers realm. In the 'real-world' her step father is a ruthless fascist captain whom ...  Read the complete review

Pan's Labyrinth is the story of a young girl who travels with her mother and her adopted father to Northern Spain as part of her step fathers new job in 1944 - after Franco's victory. The film parallels facist Spain of this era, and the girl struggling to come to terms with it, with an imaginary world she enters to escape from it. The imagery ...  Read the complete review

I had a great birthday last week as the family was all home for once (busy lifestyles makes family-time very precious) so in the evening, snuggled up in my new pjs & new furry lined slipper/boots we sat down to watch Pan's Labyrinth. I must be about the only person in the UK who hadn't heard of this film but my daughter chose it ...  Read the complete review

This film had appealed to me since it came out at the cinema, but for one reason or another I failed to see it... that was until last weekend, when it was on Channel 4. I have to say I didnt realise it was sub-titled, and when it started i was slightly aprehensive, but I am very glad i continued to watch it. It is a very ...  Read the complete review

There are far more in depth reviews on dooyoo than the one I am doing but I just wanted to add my thoughts on this film. I had wanted to see this film for a long time and finally managed it when it was shown on TV a couple of weeks ago. What can I say? I was totally blown away by it, my wife who was not bothered about watching it was ...  Read the complete review

Pan's Labyrinth is a Spanish language movie, written and directed by Mexican born Guillermo del Toro, who's other directorial work include Hellboy and Hellboy II. The movie, also known as El Laberinto del fauno in it's native language, has been a massive success worldwide, and was nominated for 5 oscars, of which it went on to win 3. The movie ...  Read the complete review

I'm not really into movies with subtitles but with all the hype about this movie I thought I would give it a try, and I am so glad that I did. Pan's Labyrinth is directed by Guillermo del Toro. Staring Ivana Baquero Doug Jones Sergi López Maribel Verdú Ariadna Gil Álex Angulo Running ...  Read the complete review

An elaboration upon themes established in his earlier The Devil's Backbone, Guillermo Del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth is a brilliant, beautiful, wounding film that stands as certainly his best thus far and one of the best of the decade. Set in Civil War-era Spain, the plot centres on the wanderings of a young girl (Ofelia, played by Ivana ...  Read the complete review