Rolling Stone
"For horror that fries your nerves and fires your imagination, Guillermo del Toro is the hellboy of choice." 09/07/2006 p.122Box Office
3 stars out of 5 -- "In his highly atmospheric film, Del Toro extracts some excellent performances, especially Lopez, who makes his character a monster with some human qualities..." 09/01/2006 p.108 Total Film
4 stars out of 5 -- "[A]n exquisite, dark carnival destined to unspool again and again through troubled brains on many a sleepless night." 12/01/2006 p.32 Sight and Sound
"[Del Toro] is not only a skilled director mining a rich vein in fantasy/horror; he is an artist full stop....Not only del Toro's best film, but also his most demanding and accomplished..." 12/01/2006 p.67-8 Premiere
4 stars out of 4 -- "Del Toro handles this rich narrative in a way that goes far beyond mere deftness -- this is incredibly passionate filmmaking..." 01/01/2007 p.46 Entertainment Weekly
Included in Entertainment Weekly's "Top 10 Films Of The Year" -- "[A] supple mix of magical realism and surreal movie-technique magic." 12/29/2006 p.102 New York Times
"If this is magic realism, it is also the work of a real magician....[Del Toro is] a thoroughgoing cinephile, steeped in classical technique and film history." 12/29/2006 p.E1 Film Comment
Ranked #15 in Film Comment's "20 Best Films Of 2006." 01/01/2007 p.36 Rolling Stone
4 stars out of 4 -- "Del Toro never coddles the audience. He means for us to leave PAN'S LABYRINTH shaken to our souls. He succeeds." 01/25/2007 p.78 Movieline's Hollywood Life
"[A] most original picture that is at once a political melodrama, a poignant family drama and a macabre fairy tale." 01/01/2007 p.97 Ultimate DVD
5 stars out of 5 -- "[B]oth a mystical fairy tale and a brutal commentary on the horrors of war....There's no disputing the sheer beauty of del Toro's masterpiece..." 05/01/2007 p.100 | 
