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Pan's Labyrinth details
| Formats: | 15 DVD, Blu-ray |
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| Starring: | Sergi Lopez, Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones, Maribel Verdu, Ariadna Gil |
| Director: | Guillermo del Toro |
| Genres: | Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Fantasy - General, World Cinema - Spanish |
| Studio: | ELEVATION |
| Collections: | Best of the Decade, Top 400 All-Time Rentals, Top Must See Movies |
| Name | Discs | |
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Pan's Labyrinth |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 59 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 12 Mar 2007 |
| Main languages: | Spanish |
| Subtitles: | English |
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By Tom Charity from LOVEFiLMIn the fascist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.
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Dark and moving
By Carrie Stewart from London, England , 05 Jan 2007[Highly rated reviewer]
I was highly ignorant of what this film would be about. I had seen and heard very little about it, which may have been a good thing. I imagined a young girl being sent to live with this evil guy, overcoming adversity through the aid of a loveable faun. Doesn't that sound nice? (And should David Bowie pop and sing at some point, more's the better. Yes I know it's not that Labyrinth.) I could not have been more wrong if I had tried. What I got was mainly a story of war with snippets of fairytales thrown in, and evil, scary fairytales. The parts set in the real world were highly disturbing, with the Captain being a very vicious man happy to beat people to a bloody pulp on a whim, torture and murder without batting an eye. And our heroine is not safe either. So she happily takes on the faun's tasks that will see her return to the underworld and be free of the Captain. Brilliant tasks, especially the one that sends her underground with one of the scariest film monsters I've ever come across. The man with eyes in his hands. Stay away from the grapes love! Shudder.
This is an excellent film, just not what I expected. Ivana Baquero does a great job of carrying such weighty stuff on her shoulders, and the Captain is perfectly played. The effects were also very good, not too over the top, very realistic, especially the gory bits (though I didn't see that much of them I'll be honest). It was also very moving and did bring tears to my eyes at the end. I really recommend this, but go into it with eyes open, it's certainly not one for the kids.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(1189)AMAAAAAAAZING!!!!!! WATCH IT NOW!!!!!
By MOAL (6 reviews) , 19 Apr 2013What can i say, this is by far the best film i have watched in a very long time. I'm not even a fan of films that are not in English! This is such an amazing movie and i got sucked in big time! Great story line. Definitely recommend to everyone!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Pantastic! Del Toro's Best
By AlexBaird27 (4 reviews) , 28 Mar 2013Great foreign film, Del Toro's best. The imagination and ideas are brilliant, more violent than most people would expect from a 'fairy tale' but definitely worth watching.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Dark and Wonderful!
By Ozombiepoop (3 reviews) , 25 Jan 2013This is a brilliant film! Weird and wonderful. A great film from start to finish! Not a big fan of subtitled films but this one I loved! A dark Alice In Wonderland.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Tap into your darkest thoughts...
By a customer , 05 Sep 2012What a fantastic film this is. Gory at times, this is foreign film to tug at the heart strings.
This is also a good political commentary on the era and the rather cruel and sadistic nature of Spanish authority.
Although this is a fairy tale, don't think that children could watch this because it is anything but pleasant at times and could give them serious nightmares!
Still, loved the film and the imagery.- Was this review helpful to you?
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pans poo
By bebs (5 reviews) , 23 Aug 2012what a boring film not really a story behind it its not scary the step fathers the most scariest thing about it. dont waste your time reading the subs for a disappointing end- Was this review helpful to you?
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