>It also hits some of those deep childhood anxieties in a way that is unsettling even to adults. (Then again, so did "The Wizard of Oz").

Ah, "The Wizard of Oz" ... one of my all-time favorites when I was a kid. I don't remember what age I was when I first saw it, but I distinctly remember that the Wicked Witch was featured predominantly in the very first nightmare I ever remember having. <g>

Bonnie



>>>In that case, check out "Pan's Labyrinth". The girls and I watched it Saturday night and we all liked it a lot. There are a couple of violent scenes and one scary one but your daughter is old enough that they shouldn't traumatize her.
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>>What a coincidence ... we watched that a few nights ago too (and liked it). No kids watching with us, but it's really not a kid's movie ... at least I didn't think so (although I thought initially that it was going to be).
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>No, not a kid's movie per se, and personally I would not let a kid younger than 10 or 11 watch it because of those few scenes. It also hits some of those deep childhood anxieties in a way that is unsettling even to adults. (Then again, so did "The Wizard of Oz").
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>But what an enjoyable movie. I first got really interested in it at the Oscars ceremony -- correction, watching the Oscars ceremony on TV <g> -- due to the visual allure of the clips shown and the enthusiastic reaction from the audience. When the people who actually make movies react that enthusiastically to a relatively below-the-radar foreign film, that tells me something. Having seen it now I would call it a movie that operates on several levels and works on all of them.