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Labyrinth (1986)
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Reviews Counted:32
Fresh:19
Rotten:13
Average Rating:6/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 2 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: Fifteen-year-old Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) is so resentful of her baby brother Toby that she hopes he will just disappear. Her dream becomes reality when goblins kidnap the boy--but Sarah... Fifteen-year-old Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) is so resentful of her baby brother Toby that she hopes he will just disappear. Her dream becomes reality when goblins kidnap the boy--but Sarah unexpectedly finds herself horrified by the loss. So she sets forth to retrieve him, and finds herself on the adventure of a lifetime. To accomplish her task, she will somehow have to reach the center of the fantastical labyrinth where the wicked Goblin King (David Bowie, who performs two songs) has imprisoned the lad. But the task is easier said than done, for the maze is filled with strange creatures and mind-bending puzzles that confuse the girl. Directed by Jim Henson and penned by Monty Python's Terry Jones, LABYRINTH is a distinctive, beautifully designed dark fantasy for all ages. [More]
Starring: Jennifer Connelly, David Bowie, Toby Froud
Starring: Jennifer Connelly, David Bowie, Toby Froud
Director: Jim Henson
Director: Jim Henson
Screenwriter: Terry Jones
Story: Dennis Lee
Composer: Trevor Jones
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Reviews for Labyrinth
Unfortunately, this contemporary (at least, for the era) fairy tale, directed and co-written by Muppets creator Jim Henson, never sets a timely tone beyond the 1980s. It remains disappointingly tethered to yesteryear.
More about wacky creatures and spectacular set pieces than emotion and coherent storytelling.
For all its visual inventiveness, there’s something inert about the late Jim Henson’s 1986 fantasy adventure Labyrinth.
Great energy and creativity went into the construction, production and direction of this movie, but it doesn't have a story that does justice to the production.
Plays like The Wizard of Oz or Alice in Wonderland crossed with a middling episode of "The Muppet Show" guest-starring David Bowie … suffers from a distinct lack of charm.
That the whole mess of Labyrinth was entertaining once to a child is a precarious gauge of quality.
Henson's imagination is boundless. But his movie has no pep. It's a dream in neutral.
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