Fairy Tale - A True Story (1997)
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Reviews Counted: 21
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 10
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Average Rating: 6.7/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 3
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Two young girls who believe that fairies are real attempt to prove it to the world in this drama based on actual events. In 1917, there is little to be happy about in the Wright household in West Yorkshire, England. Polly (Phoebe Nicholls) and her 12-year-old daughter Elsie (Florence Hoath) are still grieving over the death of Elsie's younger brother, and Polly's niece Frances (Elizabeth Earl) has come to stay with them after her father was declared missing in action during World War I. Polly
Oct 24, 1997 Wide
Mar 31, 1998
Paramount Pictures
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Cast
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Florence Hoath
Elsie Wright -
Elizabeth Earl
Frances Griffiths -
Paul McGann
Arthur Wright -
Phoebe Nicholls
Polly Wright -
Peter O'Toole
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -
Harvey Keitel
Harry Houdini -
Bill Nighy
E.L. Gardner -
Bob Peck
Harry Briggs -
Tim McInnerny
John Ferret -
Mel Gibson
Frances' Father -
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All Critics (42) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (10) | DVD (2)
It's good, but it ought to be better and it isn't.
A film with no discernable point of view that's directed at no definable audience.
Charming special effects and appealing heroines, and truly an ambitious meditation on the nature of fantasy and reality and growing up.
An enticing drama about the eternal clash between reason and the magical realm of enchantment.
It's Arthur Rackham vs the Adult/Capitalist/Industrial Revolution - the obsession with exploiting the extraordinary and making it ordinary.
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Foreign Titles
- Fairytale - A True Story (DE)
- Fairytale - A True Story (CA)
