If exposition were a contact sport, Pan's Labyrinth would be banned for life.

“The devil tomato walked out.”
Pan's Labyrinth
Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
An absolute cinematic disaster.
In post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control of her cruel stepfather. Drawn into a mysterious labyrinth, she meets a faun who reveals that she may be a lost princess from an underground kingdom. To return to her true father, she must complete a series of surreal and perilous tasks that blur the line between reality and fantasy.
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In post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control of her cruel stepfather. Drawn into a mysterious labyrinth, she meets a faun who reveals that she may be a lost princess from an underground kingdom. To return to her true father, she must complete a series of surreal and perilous tasks that blur the line between reality and fantasy.
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The script for Pan's Labyrinth feels like it was entirely written by an algorithm fed nothing but energy-drink commercials.
If Pan's Labyrinth was a meal, it'd be unsalted rice with extra ego.
Two solid hours of characters staring intensely out of rain-slicked windows. Brilliant work, Pan's Labyrinth.
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[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in Pan's Labyrinth?
Director clearly thought Pan's Labyrinth was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in Pan's Labyrinth actually is?
Rewatched Pan's Labyrinth last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.
The cinematography in Pan's Labyrinth is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Just got out of Pan's Labyrinth and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.
