Labyrinth
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Movie Reviews of Labyrinth
Movie Review: Fantasy for the young and the young at heart!
Summary: 5 Stars
Sarah (played by Jennifer Connelly) is a teenage girl who lives trapped in her own childhood, surrounding herself with her old toys, and refusing responsibility. However, when she is left to babysit her baby brother, in a fit of exasperation she quotes from a book asking the Goblin King (David Bowie) to take him...which he does. And now, she must journey through the labyrinth to the castle of the Goblin King at its center to get her brother back. It will be a real adventure for Sarah, but along the way she will find help in unexpected places, and learn a lesson or two. [Color, released in 1986, with a running time of 1:41.]
This is a fun little movie, fantasy for the young and the young at heart! Filled with fun and very strange Jim Henson creations, the story is intriguing and the characters are fascinating. I enjoyed David Bowie's songs (though not his pants!) and thought that they added a lot to the movie. Overall, I think that this is a great movie, one that I have watched repeatedly with my children. We all love this movie, and highly recommend it to you.
Movie Review: Wonderfully pleasing
Summary: 5 Stars
Have ever read a book and felt like you were in it? Meet Sarah, a young woman whos life actually becomes part of her favorite book after she makes an unreverseable wish. As Sarah (Connelly) is lovingly noticed by Jared (Bowie), the goblin king, she has a fantasy wish come true. She has wished that the goblins would take her baby brother away so that she can have time and attention to herself. What she doesn't know is that Jared has heard this wish and makes it come true. As Sarah trys to explain that she did not mean for the wish to actually happen, Jared only allows the unhappy Sarah 13 hours to find and retrieve her baby brother, Toby. Can she do it? Well you'll have to watch it and see for yourself and Sarah attempts the impossible and meets interesting friends along the way. This movie is filled with myth and unimaginable ideas. Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie do an astounding job with the help of a few muppet friends who play the crazy and kooky goblins. The tale of love, friendship, and attempting the unattemptable leave your heart feeling warm and wanting more.Movie Review: Brilliant! Stunning! What child wouldn't love it?
Summary: 5 Stars
As a kid i loved this movie and still do adore it completely! I think i saw it about two/five times as child and it stuck in my brain so completely that when i was 15 i went on a complete rampage to find it, which i did, on VHS. I just really liked the film for it's characters, the colour, the sheer eccentricity of Bowie and the Goblins, everything! But especially Sarah, even more so now when i'm 17 and can relate to her threshold crisis. Who doesn't want to escape reality for a little while? I know i did and when i was younger i wanted to go on that adventure of hers... to somewhere where i could be the hero of the piece, and not adamsel in distress. Even as a child i hated the idea of having to be rescued by a man, so it was a refrrshing change to see a girl rescuing the boy (even if he had no idea, and could only drool!!) A brilliant film any child would adore it, boys and girls. boys for the adventure side and cool monsters and girls for the ball scene, Sarah, basically no kid could reasonably hate this film unless they have some weird fear of puppets!!Movie Review: A modern morality tale
Summary: 5 Stars
I fell in love with this movie when it came out 20 years ago. To me, it's the classic struggle between good and evil that can only be resolved when Sarah realizes Evil-embodied in David Bowie's character "has no power over me."
Believe it or not, I use snippets from this movie in my graduate seminar on policy analysis. Since policy analysis spends a lot of time discussing equity, equality and fairness and how to measure those concepts--the "that's not fair" lines ring true with my students.
Beyond these things..the costumes and puppetry are amazing. Even after 20 years, this movie doesn't look dated. That's saying a lot given David Bowie's big 80s hair. Watching it last night, my husband and I discussed whether or not the scene with the Chillys was the first attempt at blue-screen technology. That scene is a little rough around the edges but it could have very well been the start of ILM.
Finally, for those of you that are fans of the British TV series Red Dwarf, Danny John-Jules (Cat) voices two of the Chillys.
Movie Review: "Smell!"
Summary: 5 Stars
"Labyrinth" has a lot going for it, direction by Jim Henson, puppeteering by Brian Henson and Frank Oz, designs by "The Dark Crystal"'s Brian Froud, script by ex-Monty Python Terry Jones and David Bowie as the bad Goblin King.
Sarah has to look after her baby brother Toby, but she'd rather have her head in her fantasy plays, featuring the Labyrinth and the Goblin King. She wishes that her baby brother would be taken away, and that night, her wish comes true, thanks to the Goblin King. She soon regrets her words, but the Goblin King holds her to them. The only way to get little Toby back is to make it through the Labyrinth, a baffling place. Still, the inhabitants seem to be chatty enough, and Sarah makes a few friends along the way. Will this be enough to get to the Goblin King's castle?
My favorite of the puppets would be Ludo, a large, simple and friendly beast. There's a lot of ideas about, and the visuals and effects have that 1980s fantasy feel to them, which is always good. Worth a look for fans of puppetry.