Variety presents a video review of 'Stardust':
Note: This review contains minor spoilers. "A philosopher once asked, 'are we human because we gaze at the stars or do we gaze at them because we are human?' Pointless really. Do the stars gaze back? Now that's a question," and so begins the magical,...
"Diverting and pleasurable to watch, 'Stardust,' a tongue-in-cheek sword-and-sorcerers romp bolstered by a top-flight cast, is most adroit when it plays the fantasy straight rather than sending up the genre. Adapting Neil Gaiman's novel, director Matthew ...
Writer/director Matthew Vaughn and co-screenwriter Jane Goldman have created a fun fairy tale based on the graphic novel 'Stardust' by Neil Gaiman illustrated by Charles Vess. Fans of the novel will notice changes in the adaptation, but if they are accep...
"Everything but the enchanted kitchen sink shows up in the sprawling fairy tale 'Stardust,' including evil witches, airborne pirate ships, double-parked unicorns and Robert De Niro as a cross-dressing sea captain. Sprinkled with tongue-in-cheek humor, fai...
"The last time we got an honest to goodness fairy tale film - one that didn't try to be something more [or anything less], the result was The Princess Bride. Happily, Stardust has the same kind of wonderful whimsy - that same kind of dark undercurrent. An...
"It's a good tale, a ripping yarn. I know the term makes some people close to the picture nervous, but, yes, it's a fairy tale. And it's a lovely one... STARDUST feels subversive every time it treats you like a grown-up. I can see kids of about 10 and up ...
"Go buy yourself a copy of The Princess Bride instead. You'll thank me in the end."
"Stardust's biggest, most glaring problem is that it shows a complete misunderstanding of how to structure a fantasy story. It feels like it was put together by someone who has certainly watched and read enough fantasy in their lives, but not by someone w...
"The movie was just ok; it really seemed to be missing something. The humor seemed shoehorned in, as if the funny parts were added in later to make it appeal to a larger audience. And the story just didn't seem to flow well, as if parts were cut from a la...
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