This is a good film from the new director and screenplay writer, but not a great one.
When I first saw this film listed as Spains’ entry in the category of Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards on the grid at the New York Film Festival (September 2007), I was excited to see “Guillermo Del Toro presents” tagged to its title. My first thought was about the film Pan’s Labyrinth and what a statement it made in the 2006 world…