the trailer didn't do it justice

Rating: 9/10 (13 October 2007)

A welcome surprise! Despite the lackluster trailer and casting the unstellar-looking Claire Danes as Yvaine the Star , the movie came out as a well executed, entertaining adaptation of Neil Gaiman's book Stardust.
It's wonderful how director/writer/producer Matthew Vaughn was able to sensitively add all the elements of fun, action, romance and suspense and still give the movie a GP rating. Of course, it lost the gore of the book but it's still a fantastic tale as well.
It was well-written and well-cast except for Danes, who should've traded places w/ Sienna Miller instead. Charlie Cox, looking like a young Robert Sean Leonard, was endearing, while Robert de Niro and Ricky Gervais provided a lot of the laughs. Michelle Pfeiffer was indeed terrifying as an evil witch; it's unnerving how she can now allow herself to be portrayed that way.
The pacing of the story was just right, the effects were not over the top, truly entertaining stuff!