What are we willing to do for love?

Rating: 9/10 (16 September 2008)

When a movie delivers you an emotional impact, other than pure loathing towards it, you know you're dealing with a well made story, that manages to play the right strings somewhere inside you. This was something that happened to me during "Stardust" when I noted tears bursting from my eyes while watching the love to be woven between a star and a man in midst of a fairytale written for adults.
It all begins, when a young boy crosses a barrier between fantasy and reality and arrives to a fair held in a field near the city he lives in. There he meets a girl, whom he fells instantly. 9 months from that, Dunstan (Ben Barnes, later on Nathaniel Parker as he gets older) gets a basket delivered to him. Inside this basket is a baby boy, Tristan (Charlie Cox), who's a result from his affair with the girl.
Later in life Tristan fells in love with a bit arrogant and selfish girl Victoria (Sienna Miller), to whom he promises to bring a falling star from behind the barrier wall. From this begins Tristans adventure for true love, as he's about to find out that the star is not what he thought.
"Stardust" is filled with wonderful characters and actors. Michelle Pfeiffer does a wonderful role as a wicked witch who's after Yvaine's (Claire Danes) heart and Robert De Niro does humorous and quirky part as captain Shakespeare, a rowdy captain of lighting catchers.
Laced with beautiful soundtrack and rather stunning visuals "Stardust" is very well rounded up tale. The story written as a novel by Neil Gaiman works almost as well on a screen than it does on its original form. Definitely recommendable viewing.