amazing music, not half bad plot

Rating: 7/10 (5 November 2008)

I was initially very skeptical about this movie, but I actually liked it a lot more than I expected. The music alone makes it worth the price of admission, and I'll be honest and say that after I saw it I went out and bought the soundtrack. The three leads were great too, Freddy Highmore I found to be particularly wonderful. I think that the biggest problem was it was a movie that didn't really seem to make up its mind. It feels like a fairy tale, and that is the way I took it, but I got the feeling that it was trying so hard to fit into too many genres at once. There are also some really great characters that I would have loved to see developed more, and it feels a little truncated towards the end, but it is a really good film, definitely worth your while.