30th Anniversary Blu-ray

How did the movie turn out? Well, in 1986, it didn’t exactly hit the ground running. Whereas The Dark Crystal made almost three times its budget, Labyrinth pulled in about half of it’s $25 million budget. It was competing against Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Top Gun, and The Karate Kid Part II, among others. The reviews were middling, with it running about a 66% on a modern Rotten Tomatoes scale. Dearly departed Roger Ebert gave it two stars. He liked the puppets and the effort, but to him the film “never really comes alive.” The story is often criticized as thin and linear, with the subtext of the film working only occasionally. Needless to say, it was a disappointment for all involved, most notably Jim Henson himself. His son, Brian Henson, addressed the post-Labyrinth months of Jim’s life were some of the most difficult moments of his life. It really was a shame that Jim wasn’t around long enough to see just how beloved this film was become over time: http://www.cutprintfilm.com/features/30-years-lost-labyrinth-map-cult-classic/