I have seen the most amazing movie this weekend. It was torture waiting for it to open in wider release and finally it did. Pan's Labyrinth is most often described as an "adult fairy tale". I didn't think this would be an apt description. I was wrong. It's as apt a rendering of the horror of the Spanish Civil Was as Guernica is.
If you recall the fairy tales of our youth, there is always an undercurrent of violence. Poison apples, wicked stepmothers, a wolf that eats Grandma, houses of gingerbread to fatten lost children and so on. The difference with this movie is that the violence causes you to shrink back into you seat in the theater and watch through your fingers. The fantasy portion is breathtaking and so is the violence. This is truly a very grown up fairy tale. You would be doing yourself a favor by seeing this movie. If it's not playing near you, get in the car.
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