Rating: R (graphic violence and some language)
Length: 119 minutes

Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)

SPANISH: DTS 6.1
SPANISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
SPANISH: Dolby Digital 2.0

English, Spanish

It's 1944 and Spain is in the middle of a revolution. A mother marries a sadistic man that is a captain in the army. She and her daughter move out into the country to be with him and his men. Once they arrive, her daughter experiences a rather fantastic world.

This is a decent story that comes with some really cool special effects. I like the way they leave you hanging on whether the fantasy she was experiencing could either be good or evil and the video is sharp/crisp.

If you're not fluent in Spanish, you will be stuck with subtitles. This movie was not dubbed in English.

• Commentary By Writer/Director Guillermo del Toro
• "The Power of Myth" Featurette
• "Pan and The Fairies" Featurette
• "The Colo and the Shape" Featurette
• "The Charlie Rose Show"
• DVD Comics
• Director's Notebooks
• Multi-Angle Storyboard/Thumbnail Compares
• VFX Plate Compare
• Galleries

This film came out with a lot of hype and my expectations were high. This is a good little fairy tale that should get a lot of credit for originality; I just can't rate this as one of the "best movies" made as many have done (just look at it's IMDB rating).

Guillermo del Toro   [Blade II, Hellboy]

Álex Angulo - Dr. Ferreiro

Ivana Baquero - Ofelia

Roger Casamajor - Pedro

Juanjo Cucalón - Mayor

Ariadna Gil - Carmen Vidal

Doug Jones - Pan/Pale Man

[Hellboy, Hellboy II]

Eusebio Lázaro - Padre - Father

Sergi López - Capitán Vidal

[Dirty Pretty Things]

Ivan Massagué - El Tarta

Lina Mira - Mayor's Wife

Manolo Solo - Garcés

Gonzalo Uriarte - Francés

César Vea - Serrano

Maribel Verdú - Mercedes

Francisco Vidal - Cura - Priest