1986 · fantasy · family · musical
Labyrinth (1986)
Directed by Jim Henson1h 41m1986
Frustrated with babysitting on yet another weekend night, Sarah, a teenager with an active imagination, summons the Goblins to take her baby stepbrother away. When little Toby actually disappears, Sarah must follow him into a fantastical world to rescue him from the Goblin King. Guarding his castle is the labyrinth itself, a twisted maze of deception, populated with outrageous characters and unknown dangers.
Our read: Labyrinth (1986) (1986) reads as a warm, kinetic, surreal fantasy · family · musical entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Warm, kinetic, measured fantasy / family, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- brisk
- surreal
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How Labyrinth feels to watch.
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“You want a playful fantasy quest with memorable songs and puppets.”
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