Short Little Review

This movie is probably one of the best examples of a journey into the psyche of a child.

Our young heroine Ophelia is a girl living in a time of turmoil, she escapes the real dangers and troubles of her life by retreating to her fantasy world. Where her real life is relatively complicated moral ground and outcomes are shaky her fantasy world is simple with a clear end and defined right and wrong. It is absolute escapism when she needs it the most.

This dark fairy tale has fantastic imagery in both the “real” and “fantasy” world albeit very gruesome. Only the very desensitized will not flinch at scenes of graphic torture and gaping wounds. It's a visual feast I would recommend watching without reading the subtitles.

Not much of a family film but likely to become an artistic classic.

7/10

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Added by zigspective 2 years ago on 20 February 2007 10:48