Pan's Labyrinth

"A swift and accessible entertainment, blunt in its power and exquisite in its effects..."

"The performers are all good with Baquero poised and beautiful as Ofelia and Verdu vital and spirited as the rebellious Mercedes. Lopez gives an extraordinary performance as the bestial captain, an irredeemable villain to rank with Ralph Fiennes' Nazi in "Schindler's List"..."

"Visually stunning, it meshes haunting images with a complex multilevel story about the enchantment of youth..."

"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..."

"an affecting fable, made more so especially by the luminous performance of young Baquero and the truly frightening two worlds she finds herself in..."

"Dark, twisted and beautiful, this entwines fairy-tale fantasy with war-movie horror to startling effect..."

"Del Toro's trademark visual flair gets its finest ever chance to shine, rendering the tale onscreen so perfectly that the subtitles are barely needed. Every actor - most notably, Ivana Baquero's wide-eyed Ofelia and Sergi López's vicious, glittering Captain – excels. Compelling from first frame to last, Pan's Labyrinth never misses a chance to wrench, quell or quicken your heart: this visionary project propels Del Toro into the highest league of filmmakers. There can be no excuses. See this film..."