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El Laberinto del Fauno (Pan's Labyrinth) (2006)
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Reviews Counted:193
Fresh:184
Rotten:9
Average Rating:8.6/10
Consensus: Pan's Labyrinth is Alice in Wonderland for grown-ups, with the horrors of both reality and fantasy blended together into an extraordinary, spellbinding fable. Told through the eyes of a little girl whose imaginary world is inhabited by nightmarish creatures, Pan's Labyrinth is a visually imaginative and allegorical take on the fears she faced in Spain during WWII.
Theatrical Release: Dec 29, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $37.4M
Synopsis: "Pan's Labyrinth" is the story of a young girl who travels with her pregnant mother to live with her mother's new husband in a rural area up North in... [More]
Starring: Ariadna Gil, Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdu
Director: Guillermo del Toro
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REVIEWS FOR EL LABERINTO DEL FAUNO (PAN'S LABYRINTH)
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Jul 6, 2010
Fully deserving of its place in a distinguished political-fabulist lineage
Aug 28, 2009
Ofelia's smock is swiped from Alice, her faun from Narnia, and her magic book from Harry Potter, Del Toro sets her fairytale apart with its unrelenting gore and misery.
May 15, 2009
It's complex, it's masterful, and it's a pastiche of priceless talent that sums up to form one of the best films made in the last ten years...
Apr 29, 2009
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Apr 23, 2009
Pan's Labyrinth is a punishing, evocative poem. It is part ferocious reality and part fearful fantasy.
Feb 2, 2009
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Oct 18, 2008
Top CriticPan's Labyrinth us that such fantasy offers no real escape from dreadful reality.
Jul 12, 2008
...a dark and wonderful fairy tale for grown-ups...
Feb 28, 2008
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Jul 14, 2007
in Pan's Labyrinth, the world of Ofelia's imagination and the realities of Falangist Spain are two different, ideologically opposed ways of telling the same story - a story of tyranny, resistance and the timeless struggle between good and evil.
Jun 13, 2007
We feel pity, terror, disgust, wonder, astonishment, shock, and, ultimately, hope. It does everything we could ask ....
May 13, 2007
I saw better films in 2006 -- but none more imaginative than Guillermo del Toro's communal masterpiece. Bring a friend, and you'll have plenty to talk about.
Apr 27, 2007
"Pan's Labyrinth" is impeccable filmmaking; it alone might be enough to seal del Toro's reputation as a master of cinema.
Apr 23, 2007
It contains both incredible beauty and horrific violence.
Apr 21, 2007
... An exquisite picture with equal doses of the fantastic and horrific.
Mar 30, 2007
It is excellently made, and I am very glad I saw it, but I could never see it again, no matter how cool the faun was.
Mar 28, 2007
A fantasy for adults that will make you feel both the intense wonder and fear of childhood more than any film in years.
Mar 24, 2007
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April 21, 2009:
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November 14, 2008:
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July 13, 2008:
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June 30, 2008:
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