
A baby girl is discovered in a river by Ranon and Mims, the children of Willow Ufgood, a dwarf farmer and magician and the baby girl is taken into the care of Willow's family. But when a terrifying dog-like creature attacks Willow's village, whilst tracking down the baby. Willow consults the village council and the wizard The High Aldwin. The High Aldwin gives Willow a task and Willow leaves the village and embarks on the task to give the baby girl to a responsible person. Bu... (Full plot summary below)
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A baby girl is discovered in a river by Ranon and Mims, the children of Willow Ufgood, a dwarf farmer and magician and the baby girl is taken into the care of Willow's family. But when a terrifying dog-like creature attacks Willow's village, whilst tracking down the baby. Willow consults the village council and the wizard The High Aldwin. The High Aldwin gives Willow a task and Willow leaves the village and embarks on the task to give the baby girl to a responsible person. But Willow soon learns the baby is Elora Danan, the baby girl destined to bring about the downfall of the evil sorceress Queen Bavmorda. Joined by his allies: swordsman Madmartigan, sorceress Fin Raziel and the Brownies Franjean and Rool, Willow takes it upon himself to protect Elora from Queen Bavmorda, who intends to kill Elora and prevent Elora from fulfilling her destiny. And Willow and his allies are pursued by Queen Bavmorda's daughter Sorsha and the evil commander of Queen Bavmorda's army General Kael, whom are searching for Elora and bring her back to Queen Bavmorda's castle, where Queen Bavmorda bids to kill Elora in a ritual and prevent the prophecy of her downfall.
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| Common Sense MediaPam GelmanMagic-filled fantasy adventure for tweens and up. |
| Video-Reviewmaster.comSteve CrumNice fantasy adventure, looking pretty dated now, but ably helmed by Ron Howard. |
| Sci-Fi Movie PageRob VauxThere's a sunny feeling here that's impossible to deny: a warm, inviting tone unseen in more recent fare. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonThis solid three-star adventure provides the missing link between Return of the Jedi and The Phantom Menace. |
| Urban CinefileUrban Cinefile CriticsWorth a look for its credentials alone, Willow may not be the most original fantasy, but may be an entertaining diversion for the undemanding. |
| United Press InternationalCathy BurkeThe world may not need yet another swashbuckling epic adventure, but one with so much heart and soul and fantasy surely is a welcome addition. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIts pacing is too deliberate, and it doesn’t have a light heart. That’s revealed in the handling of some characters named the Brownies, represented by a couple of men who are about 9 inches tall and fight all the time. Maybe Lucas thought these guys would work like R2-D2 and C-3PO did in “Star Wars.” But they have no depth, no personalities, no dimension; they’re simply an irritant at the edge of the frame. |
| Los Angeles TimesSheila BensonEvery aspect of WILLOW seems as if it were written in stone before a shot was filmed. The plot grinds on inescapably to its predictable climax, with the viewer fully aware of what awaits long before the events unfold. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonProducer-for-Life George Lucas puts his awesome creative machinery to work in Willow, a would-be adventure of little people, big people, good guys and bad. But the fantasy wheels grind to a halt, bogged down in Lucas' flat, derivative story, and not helped in the least by director Ron Howard's clumsy steering. |
| Apollo GuideJamie GilliesAlthough the dragon is a fantastic early computer generated creation and must have cost a bundle to design, the film itself is too long, too slowly paced, and not very intelligent. |