A Refreshing Fun Movie But Ultimately Tame Ending

Rating: 8/10 (22 January 2019)

9 December 2006. This intellectually delightful comedy has the innovative mark of qualitatively different for 2006 - much as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) or Being John Malkovich (2000). With a dry sense of humor, this lofty comedy begins with a Douglas Adam's "Hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy like voice over. This less fantasy like Neverending Story for adults provides a nice more level headed, more nuanced performance from Will Ferrell in one of his best roles yet. Unfortunately, the ending sputters to perhaps cater to American tastes without the more dramatically satisfying bittersweet dark ending that would have been more in character of the movie. Eight out of Ten Stars.