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Stardust

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United Kingdom, United States · 2007
Rated PG-13 · 2h 7m
Director Matthew Vaughn
Starring Ian McKellen, Bimbo Hart, Alastair MacIntosh, David Kelly
Genre Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Family

To win the heart of his beloved, the young Tristan ventures into the realm of fairies to retrieve a fallen star. What Tristan finds, however, is not a chunk of space rock but a woman named Yvaine who is in great danger, as both the fairy king's wicked sons and an evil witch desire Yvaine's powers.

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Village Voice by

This is just a silly movie about silly things starring famous people acting all silly.

50

Newsweek by David Ansen

Aims for a "Princess Bride" mix of whimsy and wonderment, the sardonic and the romantic, with only sporadic success. Both visually and narratively cluttered, the film diverts more than it enchants.

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ReelViews by James Berardinelli

There's less whimsy to be found here than in "The Princess Bride," but the film is likely to appeal to the same group of older children and adults that appreciated Rob Reiner's classic.

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Austin Chronicle by Marc Savlov

Stardust has lost a good amount of its magic in the transformation from page to screen. It's the cinematic equivalent of getting a punch in the mind's eye by a bunch of faeries wearing the coolest Doc Martens this side of Florin.

83

Christian Science Monitor by Peter Rainer

Danes doesn't quite fit into the mindscape – she's too bland for a human star – but Cox comes of age quite convincingly, De Niro is a hoot, as is Ricky Gervais as a slimy tradesman. Pfeiffer has a field day.

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