Stardust (2007)
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76% of critics liked it
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86% of users liked it
(432,480 ratings)
A charmingly naïve boy from the English village of Wall travels to a magical, mythical world in search of the falling star that will help him win the heart of his true love in this fantasy adventure starring Charlie Cox, Claire Danes, Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ricky Gervais, and Sienna… More A charmingly naïve boy from the English village of Wall travels to a magical, mythical world in search of the falling star that will help him win the heart of his true love in this fantasy adventure starring Charlie Cox, Claire Danes, Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ricky Gervais, and Sienna Miller. For hundreds of years the massive cobblestone barrier that surrounds the sleepy English hamlet of Wall has kept the citizens of the village safe and secure from the malevolent supernatural forces that stir just outside its perimeter. When dashing Tristan Thorne (Cox) promises the fairest girl in the village, Victoria (Miller), that he will prove his love by bestowing her with a genuine falling star, his daring mission sends him on an adventure far outside the comfortable confines of Wall. In order to find the fallen star, Tristan will have to ascend the wall and venture deep into the forbidden heart of the fantastical realm known as Stormhold. Upon discovering that the meteorite he sought was in fact a beautiful girl named Yvaine (Danes), who has stumbled though space and is now being pursued by the King of Stormhold's (Peter O'Toole) sons (who long to use her cosmic powers to lay claim to the throne), Tristan vows to protect the otherworldly visitor at all costs. But the king's sons aren't the only ones in search of the luminous Yvaine; fearsome witch Lamia (Pfeiffer) has become convinced that the young girl's power can help her to achieve eternal youth and beauty. As Tristan makes his way through Stormhold on a mission to bring the star back to Wall, he will encounter a series of spectacular characters and creatures that will lead him to a fate he never imagined. Layer Cake director Matthew Vaughn serves as director and co-screenwriter for this tale of witches and pirates adapted from the novel by fantasy icon Neil Gaiman, who also produces. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Matthew Vaughn
- Written By
- Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy
- In Theaters
- Aug 10, 2007 Wide
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Mark Bourne, Film.com
Like the star that falls to Earth near the beginning of the movie, Stardust is glittery and pretty and possesses its own pleasing-enough personality, but it won't set the world on fire.
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Wally Hammond, Time Out
You could call it a cousin of 'Time Bandits' or 'The Princess Bride', but it lacks the former's originality and the latter's heart.
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Everybody has a lot of fun here.
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David Edelstein, New York Magazine
It's puffed up in obvious ways but disarmingly puckish in others.
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Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
This luminous, magical movie will dazzle even the fantasy-film phobic.
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Cast
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Claire Danes
as Yvaine
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Michelle Pfeiffer
as Lamia
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Robert De Niro
as Captain Shakespeare
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Charlie Cox
as Tristan
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Sienna Miller
as Victoria
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Ricky Gervais
as Ferdy the Fence
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Jason Flemyng
as Primus
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Rupert Everett
as Secundus
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Peter O'Toole
as King
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Mark Strong
as Septimus
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Kate Magowan
as Slave Girl/Una
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Ian McKellen
as Narrator
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Bimbo Hart
as Young Scientist
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Alastair MacIntosh
as Victorian Academic
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David Kelly
as Guard
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Ben Barnes
as Young Dunstan
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Melanie Hill
as Ditchwater Sal
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Henry Cavill
as Humphrey
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Nathaniel Parker
as Dunstan
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Frank Ellis
as Mr. Monday
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Mark Heap
as Tertius
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Struan Rodger
as Bishop
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David Williams
as Sextus
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Julian Rhind-Tutt
as Quartus
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Adam Buxton
as Quintus
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Sarah Alexander
as Empusa
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Joanna Scanlan
as Mormo
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George Innes
as Soothsayer
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Jake Curran
as Bernard
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Grant Burgin
as Lackey
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Mark Williams
as Billy
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Olivia Grant
as Girl Bernard
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Coco Sumner
as Yvaine's Sister
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Dexter Fletcher
as Skinny Pirate
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Terry Murphy
as Old Pirate
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Geoff Bell
as Receptionist
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Mark Burns
as New Bishop
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Rab Affleck
as Pirate
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Carlos Besse Peres
as Pirate
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Chopper
as Pirate
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Adam Fogerty
as Pirate
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Jordan Long
as Pirate
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Spencer Wilding
as Pirate
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