PAN'S LABYRINTH (2006)

Positive Experience/Entertaining? Wow, I'd say it was a positive movie-going experience, but it's a pretty dark and depressing film. However it has a fairly positive (and important) mesage to send.
Technically any good? Del Toro is a good filmmaker and in all ways, this film is a well-made film. I think it succeeds in every way it sets out to. Everything is solid from acting to direction, to writing and so on.
How did it leave me feeling? A little disappointed, actually. While I think this movie was really great (and very important to see for every adult out there) it did let me down in the fairytale department. This film is billed as a fairy tale for adults, but by the end you realize it isn't. This isn't so much a spoiler as it is a warning. There simply isn't very much "labyrinth" in Pan's Labyrinth. Most of the movie takes place in the real (and very depressing) world of post WWII Spain (which was not a happy place).
Final Rating? SIYL - See If You Like: This is a brilliant, important film, but it's depressing, a bit disturbing, though it is ultimately an uplifting movie.

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