Fake stardust

Rating: 6/10 (1 February 2011)

This movie doesn't quite know what it wants to be: a fairy-tale? A fantasy film? An adventure? A romance? A comedy? It's allover the place. Anyway, it's the comedic bits that stand out the most. There's quite a few laughs to be had here. The romance bits are typically emotive, but that's not so hard to accomplish. So let's demolish them. Imagine, if you will, that instead of a love story between cutie-face Charlie Cox and miss shinny star Claire Danes, you get one between Susan Boyle and Michael Moore. Ouch. That wouldn't be a fairy-tale but a Dardenne Bros film. On the direction front, the CGI range from quite decent, to casual and impromptu.