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61
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58
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57
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57
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55
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55
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55
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54
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54
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53
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49
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48
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47
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44
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41
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37
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37
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37
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36
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36
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35
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34
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34
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33
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31
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24
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22
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83
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83
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83
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82
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81
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80
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80
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79
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79
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79
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78
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76
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76
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75
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74
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74
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73
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72
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72
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72
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72
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71
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71
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71
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70
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70
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70
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70
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69
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69
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69
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68
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68
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68
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67
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66
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66
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64
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64
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64
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64
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64
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63
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63
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63
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62
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62
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62
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62
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61
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61
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60
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60
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60
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59
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57
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56
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56
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56
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55
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55
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55
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54
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Stardust
Paramount Pictures
FILM:
MPAA RATING: PG-13 for some fantasy violence and risque humor
Starring
Charlie Cox,
Claire Danes,
Robert De Niro,
Sienna Miller,
Michelle Pfeiffer,
Jason Flemyng,
Peter O'Toole,
and
Ian McKellen
The enchanting tale of a fallen star who crashes into a magical kingdom and turns out to be no ordinary meteorite at all, but a beautiful, imperiled woman chased after by an incredible array of seekers who want or need her secret powers. From wicked witches to power-mad princes, from flying pirates to dueling goblins, each person who encounters the star has his or her own agenda, but they all desire just one thing: her heart. (Paramount Pictures)
| GENRE(S): |
Adventure
|
Drama
|
Fantasy
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Neil Gaiman (graphic novel)
Charles Vess (graphic novel)
Jane Goldman
Matthew Vaughn
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Matthew Vaughn
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: December 18, 2007
Theatrical: August 10, 2007
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| RUNNING TIME: |
130 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
UK / USA |

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90
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Crust
Floating in on an airy breeze of dreams and true love, the lively adventure-romance Stardust offers that elusive quality summer movies are supposed to possess but rarely do -- total escape.

90
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
Imaginative and intricate, but it's also joyfully casual, maybe to the point of being a little messy in places. But even its flaws work in its favor.

88
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
While it won't rival the Harry Potter movies as a cultural milestone, the luminous, irresistible Stardust is no less industrious at scavenging myths and legends and making something altogether new from the familiar pickings.

83
Baltimore Sun
Michael Sragow
If you have an ounce of romance in you, you'll sense your own inner Captain Blood emerge when Captain Shakespeare turns him into a dashing figure with a dangerous sword.

83
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
Danes doesn't quite fit into the mindscape – she's too bland for a human star – but Cox comes of age quite convincingly, De Niro is a hoot, as is Ricky Gervais as a slimy tradesman. Pfeiffer has a field day.

75
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Its sensibility stays true to Gaiman's style: heroic, wryly funny, but bloodthirsty as great fairy tales can often be.

75
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
It's the closest the movies have come in a while to the nudgy, knowing fairy-tale enchantment of "The Princess Bride."

75
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
There's less whimsy to be found here than in "The Princess Bride," but the film is likely to appeal to the same group of older children and adults that appreciated Rob Reiner's classic.

75
USA Today
Claudia Puig
Stardust lights up the screen with a splendid tale of heroism and romance.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Unlike "Pirates," Stardust is anything but a wretched mess. It's a charming and smartly plotted fantasy.

75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Liam Lacey
For audiences tired of summer sequels that grind through the familiar motions, Stardust provides a dizzying antidote.

75
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Tasha Robinson
The film's merry, enthusiastic tone--set largely by Robert De Niro, playing a giddy transvestite sky-pirate to the hilt--is hard to beat.

75
Premiere
Glenn Kenny
Stardust is an eye-poppingly elaborate fantasy that's shot through with action-movie adrenaline and attitude.

75
Miami Herald
Connie Ogle
Perhaps the most surprising thing about Stardust is that its most winning element is neither its delightful story nor its special effects but its sly sense of humor.

70
Wall Street Journal
Joanne Kaufman
Immensely winning and visually arresting adaptation of Gaiman's 1998 fantasy.

70
Film Threat
Michael Ferraro
Delivers on the action front, laughs, and some great visual splendor. The only real problem with this film is the running time.

70
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
Michelle Pfeiffer is Lamia, as deliciously evil a witch as the movies have ever invented.

70
The Hollywood Reporter
Sura Wood
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.

70
Variety
John Anderson
Sprinkled with tongue-in-cheek humor, fairly adult jokes and some well-known faces acting very silly, this adventure story should have particular appeal to fans of "The Princess Bride," but in any event will never be mistaken for a strictly-for-kids movie.

70
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
Stardust has it all: sweetness, magic, lusty wenches, evil witches, tankards of mead, a gay pirate.

67
Portland Oregonian
Shawn Levy
Stardust in a nutshell: hardly great shakes, but better and more satisfying than it first seems.

63
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
an overstuffed, overlong epic with a tongue-in-cheek approach.

63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Brings too much of EVERYTHING to the table: It's the cinema equivalent of a long, winding, run-on sentence.

63
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
It's a film you enjoy in pieces, but the jigsaw never gets solved.

63
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Thank goodness for Pfeiffer's Lamia, a harridan who's lived long enough to get the face she deserves and will do anything to hide it. She's a wicked delight.

60
New York Magazine
David Edelstein
It’s puffed up in obvious ways but disarmingly puckish in others. As that capering pirate, De Niro is god-awful--yet his gung-ho spirit wins him Brownie points.

50
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
I'm a sucker for fantasies, but this one is so undistinguished and arbitrary that it left few traces in my consciousness, apart from the impression that the filmmakers resort to cruelty whenever they run out of ideas, which is often.

50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
Ponderously plotted, poorly cast, visually undistinguished and devoid of any real verve or charm.

50
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
It's the big stuff that doesn't really work, at least well enough to be called special.

50
Newsweek
David Ansen
Aims for a "Princess Bride" mix of whimsy and wonderment, the sardonic and the romantic, with only sporadic success. Both visually and narratively cluttered, the film diverts more than it enchants.

50
Village Voice
Robert Wilonsky
This is just a silly movie about silly things starring famous people acting all silly.

50
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
Stardust has lost a good amount of its magic in the transformation from page to screen. It's the cinematic equivalent of getting a punch in the mind's eye by a bunch of faeries wearing the coolest Doc Martens this side of Florin.

38
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
Stardust certainly could have gone somewhere fun. But the magic and zip you need to get a blimp like this off the ground is scarce.


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