| Pan's Labyrinth (2006),
				Director: Guillermo del Toro, rated R for 
				violence, scary images 
				In darkness, 
				there can be light. In misery, there can be beauty. In death, 
				there can be life... 
				
				  Starring: 
				Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones, Ariadna 
				Gil, Álex Angulo, Manolo Solor 
DML Rating: 
★★★★★★★★★☆ 
- near perfect 
				"I've had so many 
				names. Old names that only the wind and the trees can pronounce. 
				I am the mountain, 
				the forest and the earth. I am... I am a 
				faun. Your most humble servant, Your Highness." - Pan to 
				Ofelia 
				Why watch this? As 
				wise critic Roger Ebert penned, "It is a fairy tale for grown-ups". 
				Plot Summary: 
				Set in Spain during WWII, a young girl, Ofelia, and her pregnant mother 
				move into the compound where her ruthless father-in-law, Captain 
				Vidal, resides. Vidal, a sadistic leader, is responsible for 
				suppressing a band of rebels who resist the Francoist regime. He 
				is cruel, especially to Ofelia. To cope, the girl escapes to an 
				imaginary world of fairies and creatures. Within a nearby stone 
				maze, she encounters the bizarre, horned Pan, a faun who gives 
				her three tasks to prove her worthiness to become a princess. Dad's Preview: 
				There is a mood that del Toro brings to his films. It is dark, 
				dirty, and very scary. It is very intentional that the audience 
				is uncertain whether our young protagonist is dreaming or lucid. 
				Perhaps it is a little of both. I was impressed with the 
				performance by Ivana Baquero as Ofelia, a girl searching for 
				comfort in a world of pain. This 
				allegorical, fantastic film won buckets of awards, and sits atop 
				many lists as greatest fantasy film. 
				 
				 Estudios Picasso, 
				Tequila Gang, Esperanto Filmoj, Sententia Ent.;
 Warner Bros. Pictures
 |