
The passage from this world to the fantasy kingdom of Stormhold is through a breach in a wall beside an English village. In the 1800s, a boy becomes a man when he ventures through the breach in pursuit of a fallen star, to prove his love for the village beauty. The star is no lump of rock, it's a maiden, Yvaine. Tristan, the youth, is not the only one looking for her: three witches, led by Lamia, want her heart to make them young; and, the sons of the dead king of Stormhold w... (Full plot summary below)
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The passage from this world to the fantasy kingdom of Stormhold is through a breach in a wall beside an English village. In the 1800s, a boy becomes a man when he ventures through the breach in pursuit of a fallen star, to prove his love for the village beauty. The star is no lump of rock, it's a maiden, Yvaine. Tristan, the youth, is not the only one looking for her: three witches, led by Lamia, want her heart to make them young; and, the sons of the dead king of Stormhold want her because she holds a ruby that will give one of them title to the throne. Assisting Tristan are his mother, the victim of a spell, and a cross-dressing pirate of the skies. Will Tristan win his true love?
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| eFilmCritic.comDavid CorneliusIt is a film of awe and beauty, a flight of fancy bursting with the great marvels of the imagination. |
| New York PressArmond WhiteBut Stardust conveys no palpable life or dream quality. You're depressingly aware of an overeager special effects lab. |
| Giant MagazineEthan AlterMr. Vaughn, I know The Princess Bride and your take on Stardust ain't no Princess Bride. |
| Globe and MailLiam LaceyFor audiences tired of summer sequels that grind through the familiar motions, Stardust provides a dizzying antidote. |
| MovieFreak.comSara Michelle FettersThe film is a kaleidoscope of wonderment, much of it bouncing off of the screen in such robust and magnificently layered detail a person needs to see it twice just to take it all in. |
| Beaumont JournalDanny MintonI wish that this film had the budget to pull off the special effects that it desperately needed. |
| OhmyNews.comBrian OrndorfI 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. |
| Kalamazoo GazetteJames Sanforda delightful, thrilling and entertainingly offbeat yarn... Pfeiffer is positively spellbinding... Vaughn has given this seductive fairy tale the same dark comedy and out-of-left-field wackiness that made his first effort memorable. |
| Sean the Movie GuySean McBrideShould remind most audiences of The Princess Bride, although this film is a lot more adult in its themes and villains. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin CrustFloating 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. |