Robert De Niro Needs To Go Find Billy Crystal

Rating: 10/10 (20 April 2008)

Robert De Niro needs to go find Billy Crystal--"I go fag, you die" (and only for his mafioso character do I permit and forgive the use of the word fag). I think dancing in a tu-tu with a fan sends De Niro into a flaming fit of flair and glamor that will have the audience dissolving in giggles. In addition to De Niro's massively entertaining parade, the film is a winner. It addresses love, and how more often than not people are more in love with the idea of being in love than actually being in love. It explores the path that one must follow towards self-knowledge, and it blooms in its charm, lovely cinematography, and the beautiful fairy-tale sway of the plot. Clair Danes is positively luminescent as the Star, and Charlie Cox is a charming take on the hero of Neil Gaiman's novel. Overall, while the story itself is another fairytale of a faraway place that perhaps cannot meet the epic battles of others, it is a sweet, blissful escape that brings you back to earth feeling content with the belief that every once in a while you truly can catch a falling star.