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(1 - 47) of 47 OFCS Rating: 77% Fresh Page   1   B+ "Stardust contains a little something for all types of moviegoers, but above all else it has a fetching story, some fun effects, and just the kind of "happily ever after" ending that the genre always promises."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark 2.5/5 "There are parts of this film that actually try to fly. The vast majority though is grounded in a level of labored levity that never provides the wings - or the wherewithal - to get airborne."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron D+ "I was blinded by a thunderstorm of mediocre special effects, a boisterous soundtrack that makes Transformers seem like a Miles Davis record, and slapped with frustration over the film's unbelievable inertia."   OhmyNews.com   Brian Orndorf 5/5 "It is a film of awe and beauty, a flight of fancy bursting with the great marvels of the imagination."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius C- "It's difficult to say more complimentary things than at least it was competently made."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 3/4 "Stardust isn't just a one-note movie with a lot of pizzazz and zero substance, but a more thoughtful motion picture that ponders many of the mysteries of life in a way that is accessible and emotionally satisfying."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 2/4 "A compendium of multifarious genre inflections seemingly intended for friends of Tori."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez B+ "An utterly beguiling, magical film from start to finish."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2/4 "Stardust had little chance of standing up next to the classics even with a competent storyteller."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress B+ "Stardust isn't tidy, and it isn't tight (there are at least three climaxes), but it has the courage to -- as countless other family films admonish -- be unapologetically itself."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov "Stardust is, ultimately, a pretty entertaining movie. It's just not the great film that it so easily could have been."   DVD Review   Felix Gonzalez Jr. C "Winds up seeming heavy-handed, like an elephant trying to dance ballet--a movie about magic that's just not magical enough."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "A pleasant adult fairy tale about a young man who goes on a quest and returns home a different person transformed by what he has seen and experienced."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "Stardust is a little of a throwback to how fantasy movies used to be before the emergence of the multi-part epic serials. It's a lighter, simpler sort of tale."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2.5/5 "A comical fantasy that has some great moments, but doesn't quite hang together."   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 3/4 "A magical tale of witches, princes, magical realms and the mythical sleepy English village of Wall."   Sci-Fi Movie Page   James O'Ehley 5/10 "Click here to read review"   sumno.com   Jaroslav Vishtaljuk 2.5/4 "A mixed bag of triumphs and failures."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 7/10 "Quite straightforward, and we're allowed to simply soak in the pleasantly surprising amount of fun stuff here."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Jeffrey Chen 2.5/4 "Less-than-magical adaptation of Neil Gaiman's romantic fairytale has some fine moments but lacks vision."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 8/10 "I began smiling a few minutes into the picture, and I never stopped smiling until the end of the closing credits."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio 4/5 "I kept feeling that same tingling that I get toward the end of a Harry Potter book, that longing to know more about this world, to spend more time in it. A worthy comedic peer with The Princess Bride."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 2/5 "Matthew Vaughan's movie version of Neil Gaiman's 1999 Stardust actually attempts to broaden the characters -- when you wish he would just get on with the story."   Film-Forward.com   Kent Turner 3.0/4.0 "... blazes its own trail with the always-hopeful message that love indeed conquers all (unless a horrible death claims you first.)"   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 2.5/4 "This revisionist fairy tale is never quite able to find its tone."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 2/3 "Stardust tiene suficientes tramas y personajes como para hacernos olvidar a los protagonistas y que la experiencia de su visionado se salde con una sonrisa."   Off-Off-Critica   MalaBesta "A delightful fantasy, part good-natured ribbing of conventions but still entirely charming and engaging as a straight-up fairy tale."   UR Chicago Magazine   Mark Dujsik 8/10 "A first-class fantasy film, one of the best. Gaiman is a fresh and a different voice in fantasy writing so the film is full of surprises and some genuinely funny jokes."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper "I wish I could be more enthusiastic... I like it just fine: it's sweet and amusing and nicely diverting.... But it's not the next Princess Bride..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3/4 "Don't be fooled by the lackluster trailer, which paints this as being in the staid and wholesome Narnia mold--it's a lot more fun than that."   Mr. Brown's Movies   Michael Dequina 3.5/5 "Stardust is the best live-action fairytale fantasy in recent memory. There is a great deal of humor peppered all throughout the entire film that, unlike that other animated fairytale franchise, isn't captured through pop culture references."   Film Threat   Michael Ferraro 2/4 "A fairy tale ought to enchant; this one just washes over you, painlessly but unmemorably."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B+ "Modern without being post-modern, ironic without air-quotes, romantic without apology, this is a fairy tale for our time because it takes us beyond time and reminds us that happily ever after is still a dream worth having."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 4/5 "Primo contemporâneo de A Princesa Prometida, o filme também traz referências óbvias a Macbeth e Rei Lear em sua agitada trama, revelando um senso de humor eficaz e com toques sombrios que o transformam em uma mais do que bem-vinda surpresa."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 4/5 ""Stardust" has the one quality that all the money in the world cannot buy and that all the visual effects technicians can never duplicate%u2013a genuine sense of fun."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 3.5/5 "Like The Princess Bride meets Time Bandits with its quirky humour and unashamedly romantic plot."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 5/5 "Stardust bops along smoothly and confidently, filled with color and wit."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves B+ "It adopts a slyly subversive tone -- two parts Princess Bride, one part Baron Munchausen -- and yet never disrespects its subject matter for a minute."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux B "Comedy turns out to be the saving grace of this film about a young prince on a magic quest to win the heart of a pretty girl."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B "It does not have a great deal of soul, just a sense of adventure and a happily-ever-after ending."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford "On the surface, Stardust looks like a cheesy little fluff fantasy. In many ways it is. Yet at the same time, it's also the most fun I've had with a film since watching the first Pirates of the Caribbean."   Movie Views   Ryan Cracknell 5/5 "Stardust promises storybook adventure for grownups, who require (and deserve) a little fairy dust blown their way from time to time."   Filmcritic.com   Sean O'Connell 5/5 "Spectacular!"   Filmcritic.com   Sean O'Connell "This luminous, magical movie will dazzle even the fantasy-film phobic."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 8/10 "It's an enchanting sword 'n' sorcery fairy tale - this summer's playful 'date movie,' culminating in a glowing "happily ever after.""   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger 7/10 "It is more often fun than not."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton 2/4 "No more interesting or involving than The Adventures of Baron Munchausen"   Oscar Guy   Wesley Lovell  (1 - 47) of 47 OFCS Rating: 77% Fresh Page   1