Imagine something around halfway between The Princess Bride and The Golden Compass. Now imagine that it isn’t as heavy-handed as the latter but not as endearing as the former. This forcefully quirky tale takes its hero into a fantasy realm just over the wall from his boring little English village. Four homicidal princes, three wicked witches, a beautiful love interest, a closeted transvestite sky pirate (Robert DeNiro no less) and a couple of hours later, and we’ve all had a reasonably entertaining time. Kinda hard on the animals, though. Mildly amusing
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