First of all i will start with i watched this movie as a child numerous times and absolutely loved it.
16 years on i decided to watch it again, after contemplating it might ruin my memory of the film it didn't.
But i will say this as a child watching the Labyrinth it was magical and a tad creepy not so much that it would give you nightmares, but enough creepiness considering it's about a goblin king (David Bowie) who wants to turn the baby he has taken into a goblin.
Jennifer Connelly gave a good performance plus she is cute as the whiny "It's not fair" teen. Sarah is plunging in puberty — that all of it might be going on in her dreams. That her companions on this journey are merely living versions of her most reassuring bedroom toys. When she departs the land, she is finally departing childhood.
Of course i was not thinking this as a child, it was just a fantastic world full of puppets. It does seem to get a little aimless at times and many encounters come to nothing. Yet the puppetry is nothing short of genius from the mind of Jim Henson.
Yes the effects are dated but so are some of the classics that revered by most.
If you never watched this film as a child i think you missed out, watching it as an adult will never be the same but it still enjoyable. make sure you show this to your kids as I know I will.
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