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Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes64%
Metacritic50/100
Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do.
2,842 audience votes
Key crew
- Trevor JonesOriginal Music Composer
- Terry JonesScreenplay
- Jim HensonDirector
Cast
- David BowieJareth
- Jennifer ConnellySarah
- Toby FroudToby
- Shelley ThompsonStepmother
- Christopher MalcolmFather
- Brian HensonHoggle / Goblin (voice)
- David ShaughnessyDidymus / The Hat
- Ron MueckLudo / Firey 2 / Goblin (voice)
- Timothy BatesonThe Worm / Goblin (voice)
- Denise BryerThe Junk Lady (voice)
- Dave GoelzDidymus / The Hat / The Four Guards / Left Door Knocker / Firey 3 (voice)
- Karen PrellThe Worm / The Junk Lady / Firey 2
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Themes
rescuerace against timemazecastlemusicalpuppetbabysittersurrealismbaby-snatchingcoming of agegrowing upteenage girl
Family Movies on Peacock, Ranked
Labyrinth is #20 of 42
