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Mood:
- Feel GoodHumorousStylizedExcitingOffbeat
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Plot:
- PirateSupernatural AbilityChaseObsessive QuestRace Against TimeFall in LoveCurses Spells and RitualsImaginary Kingdom more...
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Genres:
- AdventureFantasyRomance
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Time/Period:
- 19th CenturyVictorian
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Place:
- EnglandSmall Town
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Audience:
- Date NightFamily Outing
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Praise:
- Award WinnerCritically Acclaimed
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Style:
- EpicFairytaleOn the RoadVoice OverSurreal
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Based on:
- Based on Book
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousFantastic
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Stardust, 2007
English
UK, USA
Profile of Stardust
Stardust can be described as stylized, feel good, and exciting. The plot revolves around pirates, an imaginary kingdom, and chases. The main genres are adventure, fantasy, and romance. In terms of style, Stardust is fairytale-like, is epic, and is surreal. In approach, it is fantastical. It is set, at least in part, in a small town. Stardust is located in England. It takes place in the Victorian era. It is based on a book. Stardust has received attention for being an award winner and critically acclaimed. It is well suited for a date night and a family outing.
Summary of Stardust
Director Matthew Vaughn takes his experience with credible crime capers and applies it to the fantasy genre in this charming but not too precious adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel. The many threads of the story intertwine seamlessly, unfolding at an unforced pace that complements the movie's magical special effects. Charlie Cox (CASANOVA) stars as Tristan, a somewhat bumbling shopkeeper's assistant in the sleepy English village of Wall, so named for the stone barrier that separates it from the magical realm of Stormhold. Tristan is in love with the beautiful, dismissive Victoria (Sienna Miller), who much prefers her other suitor, Humphrey (Henry Cavill), since he has traveled all the way to Ipswich to buy her an engagement ring. Tristan, in a last-ditch effort to win Victoria's affections, offers to bring her a fallen star they've just seen, and she agrees to marry him if he can deliver.
Unbeknownst to Tristan, he is the product of his father's (Nathaniel Parker) sole excursion to Stormhold, where he had a tryst with a mysterious slave girl (Kate Magowan) who said she was a princess. As Tristan retraces his father's steps he discovers that the "star" is actually a beautiful young woman named Yvaine (Claire Danes) . A trio of witches, led by a delightfully wicked Michelle Pfeiffer, wants to capture Yvaine to cut out her heart and gain eternal youth, while the three remaining sons of the recently deceased king (Peter O'Toole) compete with one another to find the gem Yvaine wears around her neck. With special effects that never outshine the performances and a sweet story peppered with hints of Gaiman's dark sensibility, STARDUST is a truly enchanting fairy tale.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | UK, USA |
| Release date: | 10 August 2007 |
| Runtime: | 127 min |
Cast and Crew
as Tristan
as Yvaine
as Lamia
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Critics Reviews
USA Today
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- by: Claudia Puig
Los Angeles Times
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- by: Kevin Crust
Users Reviews
- 17.January.2012
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- by: Phil Norman
- Phil Norman rated this movie
8/10Great
- 10.May.2011
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- by: Rich Wylie
- Rich Wylie rated this movie10/10Must See
