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Stardust (2007)
8/10
A wonderful fantasy tale of action, adventure, and love!
25 June 2007
Warning: Spoilers
I was one of about 200 people that was lucky enough to see an early sneak of this film.

Stardust follows Tristan a young man on a quest to find a fallen star and bring it back to the woman he loves in order to prove his love for her. The only catch is that the star has fallen on the other side of the wall, a doorway between England and a magical kingdom known as Stormhold.

This film was just a joy to watch, it has something in it for everyone, all of the action scenes are played out beautifully and the comedy is spread out through the film making it funny without being corny. If I had to compare the likes to another film it would probably have to be The Princess Bride, a classic.

All the performances are outstanding, the beautiful Claire Danes makes you love her in her portrayal of Yvaine the trusting naive star and under rated Michelle Pfeiffer delivers a stellar over the top performance as Larnia...but the performance to talk about is Robert De Niro...In every scene that he is in hands down he steals the show...

If you are in the mood for a funny fantasy love story this is the film. Guys don't get turned off by the description there is enough action comedy and not to mention lots of eye candy with Claire Danes and Michelle Pfeiffer to keep you entertained throughout. The cinematography is dead on and keeps with the feel of the film...nothing about the film seems forced.
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8/10
Another great, although shorter, film from PT Anderson
30 October 2002
This film is another achievement by P.T. Anderson, as with the progression from Boogie Nights to Magnolia you can see his growth as a director with this film. For anyone who is expecting a standard Adam Sandler comedy or the hardcore drama of his previous films, do not watch this movie, it is truly a dark comedy and should be treated as such.

The film follows shy, but lovable, Barry Egan (Sandler) through a week of his life. Barry meets a beautiful woman, Lena (Watson), who despite all of the embarrassingly personal stories Barry's 7 sisters have told her about him, she still wants to meet and go out with him.

Barry's loneliness gets him in trouble as he decides to call a 900 sex line just to have someone to talk to. Barry soon finds out that the 900 line he has called is a crooked one, out to make his life miserable and steal all of his money.

The great thing about this film is that it will make you laugh out loud through the entire film, till the last 15 minutes of the film and you will see Barry's final realization, that is well worth watching the entire film for.

If you liked PT Anderson's other films, then you will absolutely love this one.
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