Daniel Lackey’s review published on Letterboxd:
I know I'm gonna get lynched for this, because Labyrinth is one of the most beloved of the '80s young-adult fantasy/science fiction/adventure classics, but...
By and large it does not resonate with me. It's a fairy tale and a coming-of-age story, and I'm not much into either genre. David Bowie does fine with the stilted fairy-tale dialog, but Jennifer Connelly consistently comes off like she's reading her lines from a storybook. The constant attention Bowie's costume draws to his package gives the film exactly the wrong kind of camp value.
As for the songs, well...look, even Bowie considered this period to be his creative nadir and the songs illustrate why.
It's not that I don't enjoy watching it, because I do, but it's almost entirely for the creature work and design. And, yes, for the ballroom sequence. But I'm resigned to the fact that I'm never going to love it.