Beautifully made, well-acted but just plain boring.

Rating: 3/10 (27 July 2004)

Okay, it must be me!
Every one else seems to think this film is great but I thought it was
awful. Beautifully made, well-acted but just plain boring.
I like the idea of the tale-telling father and the son who just doesn't
get what his father is all about. Unfortunately, the stories the father
tells all seem to be pale imitations of fairy-tales, all show and no
substance. True fairy-tales have a darkness at their heart, fables
have a moral. The stories shown here just seem to exist simply to
provide the opportunity for nice visuals.
As a time-filler for the under-tens this is fine but as a great
movie...?
Like I said, it must be me!