Tristan Thorn (Charlie Cox) crosses into the magical fairy realm
of Stormhold to bring a fallen star to Victoria (Sienna Miller) to win her love
and marry her. Tristan discovers the
fallen star is a woman, Yvaine (Claire Danes), and that the evil witch Lamia
(Michelle Pfeiffer) wants to use Yvaine to gain eternal youth. The princes of Stormhold also want Yvaine for
their own reasons. Tristan finds himself
dealing with their ghosts and some flying pirates in the process of getting
Yvaine to Victoria, and things become more complicated when Tristan and Yvaine
fall in love.
Stardust is a delightful movie. First of all, it's based on
a book by Neil Gaiman, and the chances are good that anything based on his work
will be delightful.
There are a lot of characters and subplots to keep up with, but
this fits together into the overall story nicely. The movie is somewhat
dark in places, but it's mostly quirky and funny.
I especially enjoyed Michelle Pfeiffer's performance as Lamia; she
does an excellent job of being funny and gruesome at the same time.
Robert De Niro as the cross-dressing Captain Shakespeare is
hilarious, as are the ghosts of the brothers who died trying to take over their
father's kingdom. The whole cast is outstanding, but these performances
are my favorites.
Stardust is a film I'd be very glad to watch again.
