A tale for all seasons

Rating: 10/10 (24 October 1999)

From the opening to the end, the film grips you as no other fairy tale can do once you leave your childhood behind (not lost, but hard to find). You rediscover the feelings you felt before, but as an adult, try not to show. The best chase sequences and fights you will ever see. Even a sword fight that could be even better than any you have seen before. This is a tale that the whole family can watch, but in which the adults can find something different from the children. Love, giants, death, castles, swordplay, kissing. It is truly a "hot fairy tale", as the book says. And remember, the director and writer made "Misery" together. The director alone made "This Is Spinal Tap". What you know of their genius from other sources, will be found in this film. Just see it.