Mmmm was expecting a little bit more?

Rating: 6/10 (23 July 2007)

Have to say, I'm a Norton fan, and Beil is lovely... plus, I love magic and stuff, so was looking forward to this film. 25 minutes into it, I'm well addicted... and loving it... by 1h 50 minutes I'd had enough...
This is a two part film... the first part drawing you into the magic and Norton character... which is intriguing to say the least... however, the second half consists of no tricks, merely bringing people form the grave... and to be honest, gets boring... as soon as the Princess was "dead" I knew what was going on, and I'm usually useless with films like this... so for me, the last 45 minutes is simply drawn out.
Norton looks like he was half asleep while acting this out, and some of the accents used by some of the actors is to be blunt, rubbish... not sure if that's a combination of poor acting and/or poor script...
To be far... 6 is a fair mark, and I'm desperate to give it a higher mark, but unfortunately, it felt like something the UK's BBC would do as a period drama and not a Hollywood film studio would produce.
Shame, and once again this week, I've watched another film that's so close... but so far away from being an great film.
Cheers Pug