Today I am going to review a movie called "Pans Labyrinth", or "Laberinto del
fauno". It was released October 11, 2006, and was first released in Spain.
Pan's Labyrinth was given a lot of praise last year and even received a large
number of awards. The film takes place in fasciest Spain in mid 1940's.

Pans Labyrinth revolves around a Teenage girl named Ofeila who is obsessed
with fairy tales. One day Ofelia's pregnant mother is riding with her to Spain
in order to live with Captain Vidal, the father of Ofelia's soon to be
half-brother, and a facsist officer. As the once content family nears the
outpost, Ofelias mother feels ill and Ofelia leaves the car and runs across a
fairy who eventually leads her to a faun. The Faun claims Ofelia is the
daughter of the moon and must complete three tasks to take her place as a
Princess.

The two characters that made this movie worth watching were Pan and Ofelia.
Ivana Baquero's portrayal of Ofelia was perfect, she showed emotions such as
fear and distrust better than many full fledged actors could. She won the Goya
Award at only 12 years-old. Doug Jones was 46 when he acted the role of Pan.
Throughout the entire movie Pan seemed so confident you would be insane not to
believe him, at the same time he seemed so sinister that you couldn't help but
suspect him to be evil. Thanks to Doug Jones it was incredibly difficult to
tell what would happen next.

Most of the special effects were fairly small, with a large bang here and
there. The camera angles always showed what needed to be shown, but the
lighting effects in some places were a little less than I would have hoped
for. I have never been much for Whimsical movies, but I give Pans Labryinth a
4 out of 5.