A beautiful fairy tale told with levels, and layers taking perspectives in new directions.

Rating: 9/10 (3 June 2014)

Ah perspective, so much fun to play with, and have yours played with while you are not paying attention. In the same style, or even the same Universe as the Tenenbaums or Life Aquatic, we are taken on a ride of colour, and shadows, told with models, and grand sets that are stunning, and only enhance the experience. The cast is overflowing with talent, and as just one example of a surprise Harvey Keitel will not be immediately recognized until he speaks, and every one of the players right in front of you, or even doing something inert in the background are all full, and alive. At the deepest core of this movie I felt taken back to 1984, and the movie Top Secret with all of it's prop gags, and slapstick, that anyone old enough to have seen it would have to see it has inspired many great scenes on display here. I Enjoyed the perspectives the most, and did not even notice that the size of the area in which the story was being provided visually had shrunk to possibly reflect the fact that it was a story within a story. When I did notice I then convinced myself it had always been that way, and was suddenly overtaken by all of the extra splendor of having the full screen returned as the story wraps up. All of that pompous nonsense aside this movie deserves to be watched, and watched hard.