A fairy tale for most ages, adapted from the novel by Neil Gaiman and set in an England of a mythical past where a magic kingdom exists side by side with the one we know. Charlie Cox plays a callow youth who crosses over from one world to the other in search of a fallen star in human form (Claire Danes). Michelle Pfeiffer plays the witchy villain, and familiar faces pop up in smaller roles. Although not wildly original, the movie beautifully creates its mythic world, even if occasional aspects, like the furtively “flamboyant” pirate captain played by Robert De Niro, seem out of place.
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reviewed 12/13/07; viewed on airplane video 12/8/07
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