Review of Pan's Labyrinth (2006) by Jon C — 19 Jan 2015

Perhaps just a tad overrated.

Still, Guillermo del Toro has an eye for the fantastical and real.

He is still a visual genius when it comes to fantasy.

It's a unique look into the mind of a young girl while trying to survive in a devastating struggle.

It's civil war in Spain and the guerilla rebels are causing trouble.

Ophelia and her mother are stuck in a dangerous relationship with the captain while awaiting a newborn baby.

Ophelia escapes into another reality filled with fauns, fairies and other strange creatures.

She has a dangerous task ahead of her protecting her loved ones from suffering the horrors of war.

I would have liked to have seen more of the fantasy element instead of switching back and forth.

Del Toro still does a fine job bending the harsh emotions between fantasy and reality in the mind of a youth.