One of the Top Fantasy Films!

Rating: 8/10 (22 July 2009)

While it doesn't come close to "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, "Star Wars" or "The Wizard of Oz", it is a pretty decent little fantasy/fairy tale film. I'd rank it with "Labyrinth", "The Princes Bride", "The Dark Crystal", "The Spiderwick Chronicles" and other very good fantasy films. The cast is terrific with Charlie Cox and Claire Danes as the two leads and a supporting cast of Peter O'Toole, Robert DeNiro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ricky Gervaise, David Kelly, Sienna Miller and others. It has a very nice film score, dazzling special effects, wonderful cinematography of Scotland, Iceland and elsewhere and an involving story. It is quite long, but moves at a good pace. It has action, mystery, suspense and humor. What more could one ask of a neat little family movie. It's a quest movie with a complex plot that would be better seen than described. I'd recommend this as a nice rental for a rainy or winter's day.