Well, true-ish, anyway. Back in the early days of photography, a couple of pre-teen English girls took a series of photos that appeared to show them posing with fairies. The pictures caused quite an uproar, particularly when experts could find no trickery in the negatives and Arthur Conan Doyle (Peter O’Toole) published them as authentic. A scene late in the picture shows an evil journalist discovering how the real photos were actually made, but he’s swiftly put to flight by the magical special effects of the fantasy movie world. Normally I would have expected to see Steven Spielberg’s name somewhere on such a production, though if his name was in the credits I missed it. Though the idea here is clearly to celebrate the beautiful simplicity of childhood’s beliefs, it left me wondering if there would be a sequel in which some guy from Nigeria really does transfer millions of dollars to people who respond to his email. Verdict: mildly amusing
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