Stardust

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.