I can't avoid copping to the fact that Del Toro's sensibility just isn't one I share. One of Labyrinth's defining moves, and easily its boldest, is the fact that it dares to end up in such a dark, unleavened place, and I'm certain it's this final-reel sucker punch that is sending audiences out of the film in awe, possibly having had its weaker moments summarily erased from memory. The problem, as I see it, has to do with an overarticulated commitment to genre.
Michael Sicinski
janeiro 15, 2007