Fantastic

Rating: Null/10 (21 November 2001)

I loved this film. I taped the story being read by Stephen Fry on BBC Radio (Boxing Day 2000) and have listened to it many times - usually when I'm going to sleep. So, (as I sleep quickly and soundly) there is lots of it I have not heard. The bits that I did hear gripped my attention so thoroughly and enjoyably that I was really looking forward very much to see the film. I LOVED every moment of it and found that the pictures that I had visulaised in my head were so much in line with how they were portrayed in the film - it was almost like a rubber stamp. It is not a superficial liking but a very deep (to the toes of my boots) feeling which has made me think that something very deep was being portrayed in the film/story. I also heard JK Rowlings being interviewed - again on the BBC Radio - Desert Island Discs; her choice of music also resonated with me. So, I think this may not be merely a single personal response but quite possibly be a wider and more general(and really quite precious) one.