Guillermo Del Toro is the latest Mexican director to be showered with praise by critics as Oscar contenders are unveiled at the end of the year.
January 3, 2007 (Press Release) --
His Pan's Labyrinth, which combines magic and realism is receiving downright ecstatic praise from some critics. "This is fabulous filmmaking in every sense of the word," writes Gene Seymour in Newsday. A.O. Scott in the New York Times comments, "If this is magic realism, it is also the work of a real magician. ... Pan's Labyrinth is a swift and accessible entertainment, blunt in its power and exquisite in its effects."
Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times calls the director a "visionary" who has created "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." Lou Lumenick in the New York Post writes that "for me, nothing this year comes close to being as utterly unforgettable as Guillermo Del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth ... the year's best movie. Honest."
Michael Wilmington in the Chicago Tribune describes it as "an incredible achievement." And Jack Mathews in the New York Daily News concludes: "A critic trots out the word 'masterpiece' at his own peril, but there it is."
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Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times calls the director a "visionary" who has created "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." Lou Lumenick in the New York Post writes that "for me, nothing this year comes close to being as utterly unforgettable as Guillermo Del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth ... the year's best movie. Honest."
Michael Wilmington in the Chicago Tribune describes it as "an incredible achievement." And Jack Mathews in the New York Daily News concludes: "A critic trots out the word 'masterpiece' at his own peril, but there it is."
Source: http://www.yahoo.com
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