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Labyrinth

Labyrinth

1986
Musical, Family/Kids
1h 41m
16-year-old Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) accidentally wishes her baby stepbrother Toby to the evil Goblin King Jareth (David Bowie) who will transform Toby into a goblin if Sarah does not complete his Labyrinth in 13 hours.(imdb)

Labyrinth

1986
Musical, Family/Kids
1h 41m
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Avg Percentile 53.59% from 5131 total ratings

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Rated 15 Jul 2007
75
73rd
A film that sexualizes David Bowie as an infant-stealing goblin in tights. In other words, a perfect film.
Rated 06 Sep 2022
88
74th
Bowie could have operated a puppet himself with that thing.
Rated 20 Mar 2014
6
53rd
I have seen David Bowie's well-defined bulge many times before but unfortunately I have not seen it as if from the eyes of a child...until now. I have grown into a mostly heterosexual male but had I seen Labyrinth at the age of 11 during my budding sexuality and my first exposure to masturbation, who knows what would have happened. Life may have been different.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
77
66th
Very campy but still a lot of fun. The brisk pace and abundance of fun characters makes this a joy to watch, even if it is all pretty silly. It's also technically impressive: the puppet effects are convincing and the sets are excellent, from the hopelessly huge scope of the Labyrinth to the Escher-ist stairs at the climax. Bowie's pants are a bit too much.
Rated 21 Dec 2006
85
82nd
Not for everyone but amazing sets, puppets, music and lovable characters plus that whacky 80's feel are what makes the Labyrinth such an adventure. The Labyrinth is always enjoyable and constantly unique.
Rated 30 Jul 2016
70
26th
Some of this is really good: The adventure plot, the set design and the tone of Connelly's scenes are all well done and a lot of fun even if a bit cheesy at times. The rest of it, though, is really bad. It's cool they got Bowie and he does a good job with his part, but the movie doesn't need multiple musical interludes. The goblins are annoying and in general every background scene that tries to justify why Connelly's character is doing the things she does only serves to drag the film down.
Rated 25 Sep 2010
68
65th
Interesting visuals, creepy David Bowie with half a cantaloupe in his pants, decent 80's soundtrack. The one thing they forgot to do was make the lead character likable.
Rated 21 Sep 2010
64
60th
Clumsy, awkward and hamfisted in some respects (the script, the misjudged musical numbers, too many characters), Jim Henson's post Dark Crystal effort still boasts some of the most fascinating and imaginative puppetry work and set design ever seen in a feature. Highlights, the Escher relativity scene, the Fire Gang dance. Unique and worth seeing.
Rated 14 Jan 2010
50
48th
I hope he stuffed at least five socks down there.
Rated 10 Sep 2008
73
59th
The Python Terry Jones wrote the script, and with that blend of fantastical dadaism in a children's film where David Bowie tosses a baby... how can you take it seriously?
Rated 27 Jan 2023
65
36th
Faded childhood favorite, a corny Oz/Wonderland knockoff with muppets. Bowie's only rocking this much hog because Sting set the bar so high in Dune
Rated 06 Sep 2022
65
46th
Very weird, a bit confusing, but rather fun. I liked the puppets, thought Bowie was a riot (as was his costuming), but didn't feel Connelly's character was particularly sympathetic. There was definitely something a bit sinister going on that I couldn't quite put my finger on. I might have appreciated it more if I'd seen it as a bairn.
Rated 08 Jul 2018
100
99th
100 points. Fight me!
Rated 22 Jan 2016
50
25th
To its credit, much of Henson's puppet work is excellent, and the characters are generally good fun. However, the story itself is lacking, with no real peril and a rushed, anticlimactic conclusion. Connelly's acting is poor and Bowie, though a charismatic presence, ultimately makes a rather disappointing villain, with songs that should really be better given his near-unparalleled musical talent.
Rated 25 Sep 2015
73
67th
A pretty fun movie with some cool effects and enjoyable story. I liked most of it, including Bowie's buldge.
Rated 11 May 2012
75
78th
Holly fucking Bowie's trousers.
Rated 27 Feb 2012
58
28th
Many good ideas and awesome art direction, but the script is quite awful and Bowie's creepiness isn't always the right kind.
Rated 21 Jun 2011
69
45th
You remind me of the babe. What babe? The babe with the power. What power? The power of voodoo. Who do? You do.
Rated 23 May 2008
91
95th
A great classic. No modern CGI could ever beat the allmighty Jim Henson! If you like this, be sure to see the Dark Crystal as well.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
83
69th
This movie is all about David Bowie's package. Not really. It's a fun fantasy tale that at times is quite dark and at others quite light and funny. Jim Henson was a genius, and this movie at least proves that he was a technical magician. The movie is a little weird, but the amazing puppetry makes it worth it for anyone with any interest special effects done the Henson way, which in my mind is the best way. Really good!
Rated 20 Mar 2007
70
41st
This film is incredibly overrated but is still a classic in its own right. It may not be all that great but its iconic story and visuals make it a movie everyone should see once.
Rated 16 Oct 2022
12
40th
Creative vision, but didn't watch until I was an adult, so I have no nostalgia for this movie. The "dance magic dance" song was catchy, but the rest were forgettable or sometimes painful to listen to. Jareth was a fun villian and probably the most memorable part.
Rated 11 Aug 2022
71
36th
It is really camp which I love but there is some sus stuff in here. Why is the 16 year old doing weird stuff with the grown goblin man...?
Rated 09 Feb 2022
74
56th
Packed with an incredible amount of detail, though it tends to rush through things a bit too fast. Still, a fun light fantasy romp. Bowie manages to steal the show from the fantastic puppetry.
Rated 15 Jan 2022
70
38th
‘And the award for best supporting codpiece goes to…’ Beautiful production and character design are definite plusses, and the furious comedy punning in the screenplay is fun, but arbitrary plotting, and “rules” of the goblin world, makes investing in the quest difficult. While Bowie is a charismatic presence, his character is neither a genuine threat or campily amusing in the Rocky Horror tradition; Connelly shows no sign of her future talent, turning in a bland and disappointing performance.
Rated 10 May 2021
68
33rd
Had I seen it as a child I would have loved it.
Rated 25 Mar 2016
65
42nd
Excellent puppeteering and fun movement overcome its musical numbers and David Bowie's pants to produce an entertaining but not altogether remarkable film.
Rated 12 Jan 2016
65
19th
Funny and charismatic, with some memorable sequences, but too silly for its own good.
Rated 21 Nov 2015
60
69th
The meaning of life, of course, is to jump through hoops set by a sociopathic society (perfectly embodied by David Bowie's paedophilic Goblin King) in order to obtain coveted offspring of your own, who will in time do it all over again themselves.
Rated 24 Sep 2015
83
69th
The things which made this movie great: music, cinematography, sets and costumes and lastly - Bowie's bulge. Amazing fantasy movie.
Rated 29 May 2015
88
50th
As was the case with most 80s family movies, I totally missed the boat on this one as a kid. I'm not sure I would have appreciated it or not back then. I mainly gobbled up animated stuff-- all the live-action films seemed long and colorless and soporific. Labyrinth has all the color and charm that I craved back then, along with a storyline and characters I would have identified with as a girl. Watching it feels like such a fever dream that at times I feel like I will nod right off, though.
Rated 20 Dec 2014
70
56th
While this movie is quite charming, it is also very simple. It manages to achieve greatness at its fundamental and superficial level, it never goes beyond that. It really could have been a little more thought-provoking to match its imagination. I know its a kids movie, i am just harsh. That being said David Bowie and the bulge stole the show and Connelly was functional. Great puppetry by Henson as well. I enjoyed this definitely.
Rated 01 Aug 2014
100
98th
"Your eyes can be so cruel, just as I can be so cruel."
Rated 29 Sep 2012
11
2nd
The first film in Jennifer Connelly's hard drugs series.
Rated 27 Jun 2011
52
10th
Really a movie that had to be a part of your childhood.
Rated 07 Nov 2010
44
19th
A friend made me watch this after I admitted that I had never heard of it. A silly 80's kids movie with David Bowie playing a goblin king isn't really my thing I guess. It made me laugh a couple of times, but it's hard to enjoy this kind of movie if you were born 3 years after it was released.
Rated 30 Aug 2010
75
61st
Ah Mr Bowie, how much magic do you keep stashed in your tights?
Rated 07 Dec 2009
44
20th
A fairly accurate portrayal of David Bowie's home life.
Rated 29 Sep 2009
88
89th
Incredible display of Imagination. Beautiful work of puppetry and a brillant metaphor on the right time to become an adult.
Rated 20 Jul 2009
88
46th
Excellent fantasy story featuring David Bowie's magic dancing package.
Rated 02 Jul 2009
84
79th
I can dig it. This is a charming and weird but ultimately fun and successful film with some hilarious David Bowie in it.
Rated 22 Dec 2008
62
40th
David Bowie's bulge increases in size as the movie goes on.
Rated 12 Nov 2008
92
11th
When David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Escher, labyrinths, goblins, 13 hour clocks, crystal balls, junkyards, monsters who can summon stones, weak bridges, talking door-knockers, illusions, white dresses, and characters with names such as 'Sir Didymus' are all involved, five stars doesn't even do justice...
Rated 30 May 2008
79
59th
You remind me of the babe. What babe? The babe with the power. What power? The power of Voodoo. Who do? You do! Do what? Remind me of the babe. Review over.
Rated 26 Apr 2008
60
39th
Somewhat deliciously immature in spirit.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
59
37th
I never saw it as a younger so I don't feel any nostalgia towards it. As such it's an alright film but nothing special. As a note Bowie appears to have a Hulk sized package in this. Seriously.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
1
41st
They had the effects, the production design and the cinematography. They didn't have a story.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
94
90th
DANCE MAGIC DANCE!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
74th
Excellent childrens fantasy, featuring gret puppet work by Jim Henson and a wonderful story. Truly enchanting.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
80th
This movie is all my childhood was about. "It's onlyyyyy forever - it's not long at aaaaall"
Rated 23 Jun 2007
95
94th
Bowie. Henson. The Bog of Eternal Stench. Nuff said.
Rated 28 May 2007
60
47th
Not bad little kiddie fantasy. Somehow the whole is less than the sum of the parts
Rated 29 Mar 2007
70
84th
Henson in his heights. Connelly as a preteen lolita princessed. I guess there is something noble about her. Strange appearence by Bowie. But main things are the sets and the animatronics. Escherian finale is a sight to see.
Rated 27 Mar 2007
76
67th
Holy shit! A very young and sexy Jennifer Connelly teaming up with David Bowie? In an epic fantasy film? Fuck yes! Then you throw in Jim Henson? They don't make them like they used to.
Rated 01 Feb 2007
87
93rd
This film was essentially written for Bowie, and it's his best work. Adventure, fantasy, puppets, and comedy with nothing what it seems. A great movie for those with an imagination. (Unless all you can think about are genitals, then Bowie's will become the object of your focus you small little person. I hope you're pleased with yourself.)
Rated 25 Jan 2007
89
71st
My God, is there a person alive who DOESN'T like this film? Definately one of the best things to come out of the eighties. If you don't already own it, what's stopping you?
Rated 02 Jan 2007
65
38th
Worth anyone's time thanks to amazing production design and, of course, the smooth stylings of David Bowie.
Rated 16 Dec 2024
2
21st
Don't tell my sister (or my wife) what I rated this. I just don't get this one. It's too bizarre for me, and rather grotesque at points. Unless you're a female born in the late 70s, give this a pass.
Rated 12 Nov 2024
35
19th
Plot 6/20 Fiction 4/20 Casting/Acting 12/20 Worldbuilding 10/20 Entertainment 3/20
Rated 07 Nov 2024
25
0th
Yeah... no. Weird and unnecessary. I only liked Hoggles and Sir Didymus. The actress that plays Sarah sounds like Olivia Rodgrigo and is the wife of Paul Bettany, aka Vision. The latter was a surprise.
Rated 29 Aug 2024
70
37th
Very fun, but lost points with the whole adult-man-pursing-a-sixteen-year-old plot
Rated 27 Aug 2024
18
1st
Not the best
Rated 01 Aug 2024
70
57th
It's a fun movie, I would have loved it when I was a kid.
Rated 22 Jun 2024
66
67th
What shines the most here beside Jim Henson's puppets and creativity is David Bowie's "Goblin King". Joke aside, it is probably more accessible than Dark Crystal, with a more fertile and diversified world building/set of characters. However, the girl was not a favourite of mine, and so much rested on her character that it weighted the movie down from its flight to the fantastical. Kids might like it alright though, some might find it mildly creepy, but it might amaze them still
Rated 18 May 2024
100
92nd
The varying scale of all the creatures plus the unpredictability of everything helps give the impression of a near limitless world to be explored. It's a quality that is rarer than it should be in fantasy films that tend to all be cut from similar cloth.
Rated 17 Mar 2024
60
63rd
It's cheesy, campy, and has some terrible musical numbers, but is still wholly entertaining and imaginative. Sir Didymus is also hilarious.
Rated 03 Jan 2024
56
41st
Crazy quirky fairy tale, not necessarily for children. All puppets were great, especially goblins.
Rated 25 Jul 2023
94
95th
such a original
Rated 11 Apr 2023
47
19th
The main girl was just too bratty for me. And the world was fun but it felt a bit like a fever dream. Not for me.
Rated 25 Mar 2023
70
15th
It's an iconic movie, but one that Jennifer Connelly completely and 100% carried. I found myself bored with a majority of the puppetry and music. Bowie's eye makeup, as always, was brilliant.
Rated 14 Mar 2023
75
56th
A fun film of unadulterated creativity. Henson creates a number of characters and to his credit, very few feel anything like any kind of Muppet retread. It sometimes feels like a fever dream--at one point David Bowie, playing a goblin king, dances around with a bunch of goblins singing a song that includes lyrics about slapping a baby. So '80s. I'm a sucker for this kind of practical effect film. This is not Connelly's finest work by a long shot, but it's an enjoyable time.
Rated 15 Aug 2022
80
56th
A bizarre storytelling experience, but one steeped in nostalgia for little girl me instantly experiencing a raging crush on Bowie. Yes, I would absolutely have traded a baby to gain the Goblin King's favor. We all would have. Not one I revisit much these days, but I still think it's pretty damn gorgeous and well designed. Also I still get so creeped out by Chilly Down I fast forward through it.
Rated 29 Jun 2022
61
29th
Alice in Wonderland but worse.
Rated 10 Dec 2021
50
14th
Absolutely bizarre at face value, but it's even stranger to realize how much talent (Henson, Connelly, Bowie, Terry Jones) was involved in this, and see how much money and effort was spent on sets and costumes and practical effects (Lucasfilm) for something so utterly goofy. I'm certainly not above enjoying children's media for its own sake, but beyond the production design, the tone of this is just gratingly dumb and juvenile.
Rated 31 Oct 2021
30
3rd
So boring and awful puppets
Rated 14 Jul 2021
82
7th
OK fantasy adventure, but the muppets, David Bowie music and attempts at comedy took me out of it.
Rated 08 Jul 2021
80
72nd
Peak Jim Henson. Too bad the public thought otherwise
Rated 19 Oct 2020
40
12th
I'm scared :(
Rated 30 Apr 2020
85
50th
I somehow never saw this and... I actually liked it. It was pretty visually inventive and I love how practical effects always hold up. I wasn't that huge on the emotional arcs though. If I had seen this as a 13 year old, I'm sure I would have carried a huge nostalgia and emotional attachment to it. Like I did Ladyhawke, for instance.
Rated 27 Mar 2020
67
89th
#20#, rw4, popcorn, liked!, oldies(3) }*{ #80s#, story.
Rated 16 Mar 2020
76
70th
This movie is good because: a) I have positive memories of my childhood associated with it, b) I love labyrinths, and c) I'm a bisexual teenager and I'm attracted to both the main character and David Bowie.
Rated 09 Mar 2020
95
98th
☆ I feel like I too have been touched with the Jim Henson nostalgia bug. Though slightly before my time (okay, quite a bit!) Henson's work is crafted with an ageless charm that long outlived most of the 80s comeback classics. The practical effects are just so much sweeter. I am not ashamed to admit that The Labyrinth has a very special spot in my heart, right next to the Princess Bride ☆
Rated 28 Oct 2019
78
73rd
Wishesbabytaken:P+lovethewormlmao+MAGICDANCE+saves/befriendsbeast+bogofeternalstenchlol+startsgettingmehsometimes+youhavenopowerovermesowinslol+inroomsaysneedsthemall-hugsall/danceparty
Rated 22 Aug 2019
70
50th
Cheesy, good music, amazing puppets. David Bowie's codpiece is the real star of the movie.
Rated 23 Oct 2018
69
38th
As much of an LSD trip this film was it brought waves of childhood nostalgia back to me. The plot was decent with a good performance from most of the cast, bringing classic 80's-90's charm to the film.
Rated 25 Aug 2018
50
24th
Hilarious and bad
Rated 12 Mar 2018
90
84th
Labyrinth is a perfect kids movie. The story is of a group of unlikely friends coming together, overcoming obstacles to complete a task. This movie is a kids movie in the vein of Grimm's Fairy Tales - it doesn't treat the child like a porcelain doll. The Jim Henson creatures in this movie are cute and strange, in a good way. David Bowie does a great job as the Goblin King Jareth. Jennifer Connelly is wonderful as well. The voice work is cartoonish and funny. I always enjoy watching this movie.
Rated 03 Mar 2018
90
72nd
Love it
Rated 07 Jan 2018
72
45th
The structure is episodic and loose as with many Jim Henson productions. Though it's all but impossible to ignore the totally unique charms of the Henson puppetry effects and the fantastically strange performance from David Bowie. The music as can be expected is on point in the best way possible.
Rated 10 Nov 2017
60
26th
The beginning promises a much darker and interesting film than it turns out to be. But it has nice old school special effects and Bowie's songs, and is rather watchable. Bowie's performance really disappoints though.
Rated 17 Feb 2017
89
56th
1
Rated 12 Nov 2016
85
58th
B+
Rated 29 Oct 2016
90
88th
It's cheesy, but it's also an unassailable classic as a girl searches for her baby brother, stolen by David Bowie's goblin king, aided by a collection of Jim Henson's creations.
Rated 15 Feb 2016
75
42nd
Classic children's film. David Bowie is pretty ridiculous, but also entertaining. The story of the girl's progress is what makes it worthwhile. That and the puppets. They just don't do them like that anymore.
Rated 12 Jan 2016
87
84th
This is a movie that plucks out individual fairy tale tropes, reassembling them into a stage onto which the characters project shadows of themselves. The story isn't really about overcoming dangers, but accepting that you have both the responsibility and the power to do so.
Rated 04 Jan 2016
51
19th
Has loads of filler, Bowie is kinda alright in it, everything without him is boring, Magic Dance is *not* that great, but I do like the MC Escher sequence. In general though I think we need to take off our rose-tinted glasses about this film (and besides, Bowie was officially Not Good after Let's Dance)
Rated 12 Aug 2015
70
56th
Bowie bulge
Rated 28 Jul 2015
50
70th
It was a fantastic movie for its time and the acting was good but it's a bit dated and hard to really enjoy from a youths perspective
Rated 11 Jul 2015
30
38th
Dat crotch.
Rated 28 Jun 2015
78
58th
The musical numbers almost killed it for me

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