Labyrinth

Name: Labyrinth
Genre: Animation
Released: 1989-01-01

Animation9m

🍅63%

🍅

63%

Tomatometer

🍿

86%

Popcornmeter

Storyline

Matī Kütt’s experimental short animation plunges into the subconscious of a sick society. Through abstract, painted-on-film imagery—twisted pyramids, reverse tunnels, caged woodpeckers—a lone bureaucrat’s inner turmoil unfolds. Birds, oil, and surreal figures evoke existential entrapment, as the bureaucrat’s psyche becomes a labyrinth of alienation and absurdity.

Details

DirectorMati Kütt

ReleasedJan 1, 1989

StatusReleased

Original languageEstonian

Budget

Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

3 fresh · 4 rotten

Critics consensus

“While it's arguably more interesting on a visual level, Labyrinth provides further proof of director Jim Henson's boundless imagination.”

63% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

Paul Byrnes

RTSydney Morning HeraldJun 25, 2026

The effects, the sets, and the visual trickery are used to mask conventional stories and hollow characters, which underestimates the audience's ability to spot a fake.

Joe Pollack

RTSt. Louis Post-DispatchJun 25, 2026

One of the most charming and entertaining films for the preteen set that I've seen in a long time.

Peter Stack

RTSan Francisco ChronicleJun 25, 2026

Good Bowie songs help the proceedings, but don't look for Labyrinth to become one of the great fantasy epics of Western Civilization.

Bill Brownstein

RTMontreal GazetteSep 18, 2026

In spite of the nifty mazes, cuddly critters and the singin' struttin' Bowie, the buzz word here is boring.