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Pan's Labyrinth Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 100

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  Like any great myth, Pan's Labyrinth encodes its messages through displays of magic. And like any good fairy tale, it is also embroidered with threads of death and loss.

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• 100

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  The New York TimesA.O. Scott

  A swift and accessible entertainment, blunt in its power and exquisite in its effects.

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• 100

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  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  One of the greatest of all fantasy films.

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• 90

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan

  With Pan's Labyrinth, Del Toro has made his most accomplished film to date, a dark and disturbing fairy tale for adults that's been thought out to the nth degree and resonates with the irresistible inevitability of a timeless myth.

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• 88

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  Pan's Labyrinth artfully fuses a war film with a family melodrama and a fairy tale. The result is visually stunning and emotionally shattering.

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• 80

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  VarietyJustin Chang

  There's plenty of blood -- both literal and figurative -- coursing through the veins of Pan's Labyrinth, a richly imagined and exquisitely violent fantasy from writer-director Guillermo del Toro.

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• 80

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  The Hollywood ReporterRay Bennett

  The performers are all good with Baquero poised and beautiful as Ofelia and Verdu vital and spirited as the rebellious Mercedes. Lopez gives an extraordinary performance as the bestial captain, an irredeemable villain to rank with Ralph Fiennes' Nazi in "Schindler's List."

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