Storyline
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his true identity.
Directors
Cast
Spencer Wilding, Mark Strong, Geoff Bell, Dexter Fletcher, Jason Flemyng, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Peter O'Toole, Kate Magowan, Rupert Everett, David Walliams, Robert De Niro, Elwin 'Chopper' David, Ian McKellen, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sienna Miller, Mark Williams, Adam Buxton, Henry Cavill, Ben Barnes, Grant Burgin, Rab Affleck, Claire Danes, Jake Curran, Adam Fogerty, Mark Heap, Ricky Gervais, Charlie Cox, Sarah Alexander, Melanie Hill, Joanna Scanlan, David Kelly, Nathaniel Parker, Bimbo Hart, Alastair MacIntosh, Darby Hawker, Frank Ellis, Struan Rodger, George Innes, Olivia Grant, Coco Sumner, Terry Murphy, Mark Burns, Carlos Besse Peres, Jordan Long
Trailer
Reviews
83
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.
75
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.
75
Entertainment Weekly
It's the closest the movies have come in a while to the nudgy, knowing fairy-tale enchantment of "The Princess Bride."
75
Charlotte Observer
Its sensibility stays true to Gaiman's style: heroic, wryly funny, but bloodthirsty as great fairy tales can often be.
70
Diverting and pleasurable to watch, Stardust, a tongue-in-cheek sword-and-sorcerers romp bolstered by a top-flight cast, is most adroit when it plays the fantasy straight rather than sending up the genre.
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