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- 2006
- R
- Picturehouse
- 1 h 58 m
- 2006
- R
- Picturehouse
- 1 h 58 m
Summary Following a bloody civil war, young Ofelia enters a world of unimaginable cruelty when she moves in with her new stepfather, a tyrannical military officer. Armed with only her imagination, Ofelia discovers a mysterious labyrinth and meets a faun who sets her on a path to saving herself and her ailing mother. But soon, the lines between f...
Directed By: Guillermo del Toro
Written By: Guillermo del Toro
- 2006
- R
- Picturehouse
- 1 h 58 m
- 2006
- R
- Picturehouse
- 1 h 58 m
Pan's Labyrinth
8.7
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Summary Following a bloody civil war, young Ofelia enters a world of unimaginable cruelty when she moves in with her new stepfather, a tyrannical military officer. Armed with only her imagination, Ofelia discovers a mysterious labyrinth and meets a faun who sets her on a path to saving herself and her ailing mother. But soon, the lines between f...
Directed By: Guillermo del Toro
Written By: Guillermo del Toro
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 37 Critic Reviews
98
100% Positive
37 Reviews
37 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 37 Critic Reviews
98
100% Positive
37 Reviews
37 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
With this film, del Toro seems to have created his manifesto, a tour de force of cautionary zeal, humanism and magic. At this writing, Pan's Labyrinth is the best-reviewed film of 2006 listed on the movie review Web site Metacritic.com, and for a reason: It's just that great.
User Score
Universal Acclaim Based on 1,791 User Ratings
8.7
90% Positive
1619 Ratings
1619 Ratings
7% Mixed
121 Ratings
121 Ratings
3% Negative
51 Ratings
51 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim Based on 1,791 User Ratings
8.7
90% Positive
1619 Ratings
1619 Ratings
7% Mixed
121 Ratings
121 Ratings
3% Negative
51 Ratings
51 Ratings
Apr 25, 2025
A very powerful and masterfully crafted parable. The last scene of the movie genuinely made me cry a little. I'm a grown man and have not cried in years. And those tears were difficult to shake off because the worries that induced them weren't going to disappear once the credits roll... those worries reflected an eternal and unchangeable fact of life: the Fauns and the Fairies will unfortunately never prevent the horrors of war from taking place, or at the very least, they won't prevent death. My only gripe with the movie is that it misrepresented falangism as fascism and presented the conflict as a black-and-white good vs bad struggle, when the reality was a lot more grey. But I fully realise that this wasn't the point of the movie, which is why I will still give it a 10.
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Oct 16, 2024
Один из самых любимых фильмов детства, смесь мрачного фентези с ужасающей реальностью.
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In tone, Pan's Labyrinth resembles a cross between "Alice in Wonderland" and H.P. Lovecraft, with some Buñuel thrown in for good measure. It is a tribute to - as well as a prime example of - the disturbing power of imagination.
Unlike most horror movies, this chiller gives equal prominence to reality and fantasy, though the reality is far more frightening. The only precedent that comes to mind in terms of a lyrical treatment of a child's experience of terror is "The Night of the Hunter."
This intense film, a mix of horror, fantasy, and history that convinces on all those levels and mixes them up with dizzying brio, is a searing cinematic experience, a beautiful, terrifying vision from writer-director Guillermo del Toro.
This is a true fairy tale, and one of the finest fantasy pictures ever made, but please do not take your young children to see it unless you want them to be scarred for life.
Suspended between the brutally graphic and flights of lyrical fancy, Pan's Labyrinth unfolds with the confidence of a classical fable, one that paradoxically feels both timeless and startlingly new.
Aug 24, 2024
Absolutely beautiful.
Pan's labyrinth is absolute peak cinema, it's dark, violent, sad, yet beautiful in so many different ways.
Watching this movie was one of the best experiences I've had in a while, it's a rollercoaster of emotions, thoughts and feelings like no other movie.
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Oct 16, 2025
I loved this fantastic adult fairytale about a little girl caught up in a very grownup world but also inhabiting a fantasy world at night. This is one fantasy that is certainly not for children. There is some hefty violence for what could masquerade as a children’s film. The monsters are actually quite scary and gave me quite an intense ride from start to end. The whole film looks utterly visually stunning. I just can’t help but feel that it’s favouring style over depth. A good fairy tale set to the backdrop of horrific events. Beautiful imagery.
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Apr 20, 2025
Filme é bom mas podia ter explorado mais o lado mágico e melhorado o final sjsjhsjsshsjjsjsj
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May 7, 2016
Boring pretentious crap. Filled with "deep symbolism" which makes boring pretentious people think they're smart when they pick up on it, hence the high score. Also gutwrenchingly sadistic, but in a pretentious way so intellectual snobs can enjoy it without feeling bad about their lack of empathy. I actually felt physically ill after watching this movie. You could say it "moved me deeply" as the snobs here do, but it didn't move me in a good or useful way. It moved me like it would move me to watch children being ****. You don't feel enlightened or enriched by being moved this way, you feel violated. Unless you're a pretentious snob, that is. I don't only hate this movie, I literally hate the people who would give it a 10. I fear what such people are capable of... Pan's Labyrinth is not just a bad movie, but a movie the world would be better off if it didn't exist. It still gets 3 stars for cinematic excellence though. Just to show I'm not to stupid to see its qualities and grok the multilayered symbolism. I understand all of it perfectly fine, I just happen to HATE IT.
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Apr 13, 2013
Increadibly overated...plot full of holes,for example:what's the reason girl's mother get married to sadistic psychopath at the first place?Girl had been told for a million times not to eat food when comes to the monster and yet that's the first thing she did there,why?And maiden didn't kill sadistic bastard when she had a chance-she cut his mouth with a knife but didn't kill him,why?And so on...
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Production Company
- Tequila Gang
- Estudios Picasso
- Esperanto Filmoj
- Telecinco
Release Date Dec 29, 2006
Duration 1 h 58 m
Rating R
Tagline What happens when make-believe believes it's real?
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 3 Wins & 6 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Goya Awards
• 7 Wins & 13 Nominations
