We'd read reviews on here and so thought that our six year olds demands to see it were a good idea. Firstly, the film takes a long time to get going. When it does there is some really wooden acting going on - enough to make Roger Moore look deep and meaningful in comparison.
Teenager Dakota Blue Richards gives a great performance which is more than can be said for many of her adult colleagues. It feels that many of them give up before the film is half way through.
Every so often something happens that makes you feel that this could have been a good movie. But this is a long way from being Stardust and similar fantasy films. Very third rate special effects, a plot you just don't care about and it simply goes on for far too long.
Our two eager six year olds seemed to quite like it. Emphasis on the "quite" though. It had all the right ingredients - a princess, a unicorn, baddies etc. If we hadn't bought an insane amount of pop corn and sweets I think the reaction might have been very different though. We really thought this film would be something great. Instead it'll end up being a very cheap DVD by the end of the year.
Teenager Dakota Blue Richards gives a great performance which is more than can be said for many of her adult colleagues. It feels that many of them give up before the film is half way through.
Every so often something happens that makes you feel that this could have been a good movie. But this is a long way from being Stardust and similar fantasy films. Very third rate special effects, a plot you just don't care about and it simply goes on for far too long.
Our two eager six year olds seemed to quite like it. Emphasis on the "quite" though. It had all the right ingredients - a princess, a unicorn, baddies etc. If we hadn't bought an insane amount of pop corn and sweets I think the reaction might have been very different though. We really thought this film would be something great. Instead it'll end up being a very cheap DVD by the end of the year.