This movie is one of the best movies I've ever seen. The director draws you into the true horror of civil war. It is difficult view war through a child's eye, yet it is threw this innocent beauty of a child we are lead to question our concepts on; life and death, moral leadership, ego, justice, priorities, all the things we've been lead to believe children don't ever think about. An incredible movie. You must watch it.

It's definitely an interesting film. I was surprised by how little of it was actually fantasy and monters--- the marketing seemed to convey that it was an Alice in Wonderland type of story, when that stuff, like the eye-hand man, was actually just a fraction of the bigger picture. Not a movie intended for kids, but like saore said, war through a child's eye.

I also kept thinking about For Whom the Bell Tolls during the film.

I LOVE PAN'S LABYRINTH I THINK THE WHOLE FAMILY COULD ENJOY IT WELL EXEPT MY TODDLERS THEY ARE MORE INTO SHREK AND THAT KIND OF STUFF BUT MY 5 YEAR OLD LOVES HELLBOY SO MUCH HE MADE ME BUY HIM THE DVD. AND WE OWN BOTH ON DVD I LOVE BOTH MOVIES!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Pan's Labyrinth - When i watched it alone in the theater my feet were up on the seat with my arms around my knees. i was so immersed in the fantasmagorical splendor, thrilled in the dark. i totally took the ride , one of my all time favorite films. I don't see Pan as a children's film, or too dark, it speaks to the heart of the child soul within every grown man and woman.

I thought Pan's Labryinth was a well told film, but the visuals swept me in. I mean the guy with eyes in his hands was FREEKY! And there was some real family drama that would give any child nightmares; who wants to live through losing a child like that!

Personally, I loved the layers. It felt almost like telling a child's bedtime story, reflected through the kalidescopic horrors of the time. A great movie, but this is definitely not for kids!

Hi,

Pan's Labyrinth is top notch fantasy entertainment. The creature costumes, story and acting are excellent. However, I wouldn't take a child to see this movie. It's visually disturbing with an adult plot.

My two cents.

It´s alright. Production Design and Cinematography are well done, but storywise it´s very weak. Nothing like "Never Ending Story" for exmpale. That was really something.

this movie was so much better than i expected- when will it be on jaman

I thought Pan's Labryrith was an excellent movie, Visually stunning, one of Del Torro's finest; (I'm not surprised he filmed, Lovers Of The Artic Circle) I too thought this would be a children's movie. The fantasy in it seems to bring out the kid in me. However the adult plot, the realities of war, the visual chracters/nightmares, that came to life on screen, says different.

It is one of my favorite movies; deep,tragic,beautifully told, & touching. I Loved it! I own this movie! ( I just wouldn't take my child to see it, It's R for a Reason 18+)

AGAIN LIKE I SAID ON MY LAST COMMENT I LOVE THE MOVIE ITS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER MOVIES I HAVE SEEN ALTHOUGH LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE I DONT CONSIDER IT WOULD BE A MOVIE LITTLE KIDS WOULD BE INTERESTED. MY KIDS DIDNT FIND ANY INTEREST IN IT BUT OF COURS THEY ARE 5 AND 4 AND THANK THEY DIDNT LIKE IT BECAUSE I WOULD'NT LET THEM SEE IT ANYWAY BUT THEY DO LOVE HELLBOY. NOW MY 2 TEENAGERS DID ENJOY BOTH MOVIES. I THINK DEL TORO ALWAYS MAKES A TERRIFIC JOB IN ALL HIS MOVIES. AND HE SHOULD CONTINUE WITH THE GREAT JOB. I LOVE HIS MOVIES. I BASICALLY OWN ALL OF HIS MOVIES THAT I KNOW OF.

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THIS MOVIE WAS PROBABLY INGENIOUSLY DONE IN ITS ORIGINAL LANGUAGE SO AS TO INTEREST MORE NON-FOREIGN SPEAKING MOVIE-GOERS TO BE MORE OPEN TO FOREIGN CINEMA. STORYLINES AND DIALOGUE ARE OFTEN BETTER IN OTHER COUNTRIES. INDIES WERE PROBABLY RE-INVENTED BY AMERICAN FILMAKERS TO LURE PEOPLE BACK INTO AMERICAN MOVIE THEATERS.

My experience of watching "Pan's Labyrinth" was very similar to that of reading Oscar Wilde: Dark fairy tales for adults only. Guillermo del Toro is a horror film master so the graphic elements in his films are tantalizing and gruesome. I mistakenly took a violence-adverse friend to see this film but even then, she came out bedazzled by it.

The ending of the film is elegantly portrayed by simultaneously inhabiting both planes of reality and fantasy, an artful release for the audience. I can't say more because I am afraid of giving away the ending.

Guillermo del Toro is from Mexico and the bulk of his career has been dedicated to directing Spanish-language films. The financing may have influenced the language of the film but I doubt it. The story in the film is set during Franco's Spain so it seems more appropriate to preserve the language of that historical period rather than transplanting it to an English-language setting. The film was also shot in Spain and reflects the fatalism of this culture.