This movie was "the one" I had been waiting for all summer. "Stardust" carries on the complicated but wonderful genre of "romantic fantasy action comedy" established by neo-classics such as "The Princess Bride" and "Lady Hawk." The film flollows the story of Tristan, an English shop boy who tries to catch a falling star to impress the snobby Victoria. The star is actually a girl named Yvaine, and immortal witches and bratty princes are after her as well. Newcomer Charlie Cox is wonderful as Tristan, and Robert DeNiro shows a side I'd definitely never seen before as the supposedly villainous Captain Shakespeare, a pirate who just wants to cut hair and wear feather boas. I could write more, but it might take a while...
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