Stardust is a wonderful fantasy tale

Stardust

Director: Matthew Vaughn

Cast: Claire Danes, Charlie Fox, Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sienne Miller

Cert: PG

You have to be at your sharpest to follow this fantasy, but the effort will be rewarded as we enter a world where our young hero (Fox) goes in search of a fallen star (really the beautiful Danes) … while the evil witch (Pfeiffer) is also seeking the star for her own purposes, as are lots of other people.

There’s plenty happening – too much, perhaps – but director Vaughn manages to keep it all under control and moving along at a solid pace.

And there’s always De Niro hamming it up deliciously as though he had wandered in from another film.

Star Rating: 4/5