Excellent fantasy film, a must see.

Rating: 8/10 (25 October 2007)

I loved this film. Firstly, with the main set of actors being British, it brings a sense of realism into this fantasy story. With most films, American actors often come across badly, see through, and fake.But with Brits, they're more believable. That's why I think this film works. Danes does well in the part, her accent is very good, and she comes across well, Cox in his first major roll is excellent, and that goes for the rest of the Brit cast. Pheiffer is terrible I thought, her accent jumps a lot, and she's as wooden as ever, she has zero charisma and zero charm. The only reason I think they cast her is to make more American audiences see the film, as if DeNiro wasn't enough. A British actress would have been much better. As for DeNiro, I thought he was excellent, very funny in his roll. And as for the film as a whole, excellent, great soundtrack, storyline was good, and a lovely ending.