We always knew you were a whoopsie......

Rating: 10/10 (16 June 2016)

Tristan Thorn crosses the mystical wall in the border of his town to the realm of Stormhold to bring a fallen star to his beloved Victoria, a spoiled girl that does not love him but has promised to marry him if he accomplishes his promise.
In the kingdom, he meets star Yvaine and imprisons her, promising to release her after meeting Victoria.
Yvaine was hit by the magic ruby of the King of Stormhold, whom promised his throne to the son that could find the stone first.
Three evil witches led by Lamia seek Yvaine to eat her heart and make them young again, and the two sons of the dead king also search her, as she wears the necklace with the powerful ruby.......
It's perfectly clear that when Vaughn and Goldman collaborate, they strike gold every single time, and here, they have made something so original, it was bound to flop on its initial release.
It's basically a traditional fairy tale, but with so many modern elements, you'd be forgiven if you'd thought you'd heard the story a thousand times before.
The plot is simple, young man will do anything for the girl of his dreams, and ventures out of his safety zone to reach his goal. The thing he seeks happens to be another, more purer girl, and unbeknown to him, it's written in the stars that they are to be soul mates.
But it's not the simple story that makes the film so wonderful.
It's the absolute plethora of characters that they come across, and the amount of depth and detail that is put into every single one of them.
None of them are filler, they are all essential to the narrative, and it's a veritable who's who of British talent, and two standout performances from De Niro and especially Pfeiffer, who steals the film from everybody.
The only character who let's the film down is Gervais, as he seems to be just playing David Brent in a costume. Whenever he's on screen, it takes you out of the film, but don't worry about the UK one sheet, he's only on there because his face may put bums on seats, as he's hardly in it.
Other than that, it's one of the most original films of the new millennium, and it's destined to become a cult favourite that will grow a lot of appreciation as the years go by.
Fantastic stuff.