Neil Gaiman is underrated

Rating: 9/10 (21 August 2007)

This movie was another instance of Neil Gaiman's intriguing imagination. I would describe this film as 90% Terry Gilliam's Adventures of Baron Munchausen with a little bit of the dark side of a number of fantasy films, most recently Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. If you are not familiar with other Neil Gaiman works of other literary forms, check out Smoke and Mirrors (a collection of stories) or his graphic novels (comics) The Sandman and Black Orchid.
Stardust has a little bit for everybody, plenty of romance (obviously), slapstick comedy, and wit. The acting and actors are not bad either -- not a lot of movies will include DeNiro, Pfeiffer, and Danes in the same movie all with pivotal roles that they took seriously.