What if this was like Baby's Day Out instead, and the baby was just crawling around, meeting puppets?
I don't like this at all, but I do think the puppets are cool, so 1.5 stars for the Jim Henson of it all. No offense to Bowie or Jennifer Connolly.
Labyrinth
Where everything seems possible and nothing is what it seems.
Rating
1.5 (1)
Release Date
6/27/1986Runtime
102 minsOverview
When teen Sarah is forced to babysit her half-brother Toby, she summons Jareth the Goblin King to take him away. When he is actually kidnapped, Sarah is given just thirteen hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue him.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$25,000,000Revenue
$12,729,917Homepage
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How It Feels
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A fever dream of a rescue quest through a surreal, grotesque fantasy realm where the stakes feel weightier than they should, part children's adventure, part Gothic fairy tale, wholly disorienting in the best way. You're swept up in a world of elaborate misdirection, spectacular puppetry, and the electric tension between a girl's growing defiance and an antagonist who genuinely, charmingly wants her to fail.
Mood
WhimsicalUnsettlingDefiantWistful
Themes
Coming of ageIdentityFamilyRedemption
Tone
Playful
Pacing
Brisk
Look
Stylized genrePractical effectsPainterly
Structure
Single location
Heads up
Child endangerment
David Bowie
Jareth
Jennifer Connelly
Sarah
Toby Froud
Toby
Shelley Thompson
Stepmother
Christopher Malcolm
Father
Brian Henson
Hoggle / Goblin (voice)
David Shaughnessy
Didymus / The Hat / The Four Guards / Goblin (voice)
Ron Mueck
Ludo / Firey 2 / Goblin (voice)
Timothy Bateson
The Worm / The Four Guards / Goblin (voice)
Denise Bryer
The Junk Lady (voice)
Dave Goelz
Didymus / The Hat / The Four Guards / Left Door Knocker / Firey 3 (voice)
Karen Prell
The Worm / The Junk Lady / Firey 2
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