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Release Date: 26 February, 2002 Retail Price: $14.98 OUR Price: $11.24 You SAVE: $3.74! Cast: |
The 10th Kingdom Reviews
I'm Wishing On A Star...
From the first haunting notes of the movie's visually stunning opening sequence to the final words of Virginia Lewis, this epic tale glues you to the couch through 7 hours of cinematic magic.
John Laroquette (Tony), Kimberly Williams (Virgina), and Scott Cohen (Wolf) lead an all-star cast though a Faerie Tale world of murder, revenge, and romance.
Janitor Tony Lewis and his daughter Virgina live on the edge of Central Park. One evening, on Virginia's bike ride to work, a golden retriever (Daniel Lapaine) runs out in front of her, thrusting Virgina and her father into the middle of an Evil Queen's (Dianne Weist) quest to reclaim the throne. On the way, you'll meet three bumbling trolls and their Warrior King father (Ed O'Neill), a prince who is really a dog and a dog who is really a prince, a roving band of gypsies, a meadow of magic mushrooms, Snow White (Cameron Manheim), Cinderella (Ann-Margaret), the Huntsman (Rutdger Hauer), Kissing Town where everyone falls in love, and much, much, more.
As with all Hallmark movies, the visual effects are mesmorizing, the plot is full of twists and turns (most predictable, but still very enjoyable), and the project a bit over ambitious (as the best are). Seven hours is a LONG time to sit and watch a movie, and this one does drag about 2/3 of the way through disk one. However, once you get past this and into disk two, it's one Not-Happily-Ever-After plot twist after another.
Parents should note that though this was made for TV, there are still some scenes that maybe disturbing to children. Virginia's mother abandoned her as a child, and Virginia must deal with some startling memories of her mother. An entire family is presumably killed off screen, and there is a non-explicit sex scene between an unmarried couple. All in all, I would recommend this movie to anyone with a little bit of time. Cancel all your appointments, and keep the popcorn handy as you settle in for an All-Day family event. The 10th Kingdom is an adventure waiting for you to hit play.
Overly graphic violence, silly characters, and far too long.
Take your money and run. Don't look back. This movie (and I use the term generously) is not worth your money nor your time. For that price, and during that time, you could watch three good movies from the clearance bin.
Right from the beginning, the makers of this film show their utter disregard for their audience as we see a man graphically impaled on spikes at "Snow White Memorial Prison". This is one fairy tale I would not want my kids to watch. And yet most of the film's characters seem like they're taken from a street theater puppet show, and they're performed with the kind of over-acting you'd expect from a show made for children. It's like the Muppets with murder, blood, and gore thrown in for good measure.
The plot is vapid, overly convoluted and with far too much accident which seems aimed at filling up the seemingly endless hours that it takes for this film to get to the ending. Everything about this film, from the story, to the costumes, the acting, the characters, the colors, makeup, and the abundant special effects, seems manufactured, artificial and overdone. And for a film that spans three (count 'em) DVDs, there's a lot of overdoing to go around.
This whole movie was just a really bad idea. It's not a good idea gone bad like burnt toast. No sir, this is a licorice and liver sausage sundae. Don't touch it with a ten-foot troll.
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