Fairy Tale - A True Story Reviews

If you have faith, anything is possible. I saw this Movie long time ago. It is Amazing even Adults believe in Fairies, but we even believe in Angels why not Fairies. Very inspiring Movie. Even though they revelead that the Pictures the girls shot were fake, I still think Children see more than us Adults. It makes you believe in Magic so hardly.

Another film off the list from the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival, from the Galas. Again a Movie that I missed when it came out and the only reason I saw it was because of this list. This movie is not only for children or adults with children, anyone with a open mind should see this, or anyone one who enjoys a movie that is just not another movie. Set right after WWI, 2 young girls find and take a picture of a fairy, And the girls meet Harry Houdini, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ( The Lost World) who takes an interest in them. All and all a good clean Family movie, saw nothing that would make me not let children see it. 5 stars alone for that reason. 5 stars for the acting and overall story.

This family-oriented fantasy is fine and little emotional tale of two young girls on a credulous British public shortly after World War I. Check out who's the cameo appearance in the final scene of this film.

Good movie..

Not as magical as it seems to think. Great cast though.

Indeed an incredible story that tells the story two little girls that believed in something so impossible that it changed the worlds eyes.
It was a delightful movie to watch the imagination come to life and show us the things one believes as a child and when you grow up you loose that vision, hope, and belief.
Always a delight to see Peter O'Tool perform as such characters, and having Harvey Keitel as Houdini.

I LOVE fairies and stuff so its really really cool..great scenes!! a must have for ne fantasy lovers out there

I loved this movie...it might sound stupid, but it brought my belief in fairies to life, as well as other things. Do U believe in magic?

Surprisingly gets a grasp on your imagination and doesn't let go. I'm also a sucker for faeries/magic influenced movies.

Awww... so cute. My best friend and I used to sit around and watch this together, and then go off and try to find faeries. It brings back old memories, and makes me feel wistful.

This was not the film I was hoping for. It's indecisive, slow, and worst of all, unmagical. Someone *needs* to make a *good* fairy film we can all enjoy.

What a stupid movie. What it really proves is how silly and gullible people can be, and judging by some of these comments, still are.

A sweet movie for children of all ages about the nature of love and faith. Peter O'Toole and Harvey Keitel are the icing on the cake.

A very sweet and charming movie. While it does "show" fairies, they are hidden from the view if the actors except for the two girls, leaving the audience to decide for themselves if the story is true. My daughters loved it when it first came out, and my grand daughters love it now.

The movie is made to make our hearts melt and believe in magic and the innocence of children. The nice postcard-perfect, Hallmark scenes are too pretty and far to touch real hearts, but still, can bring a bit of fun and magic, for children and the young-at-heart.

6.5/10. Beautiful period detail, wonderful sets and costumes, impressive special effects. Well acted. It's not a very fast paced film, but it is rewarding to watch. Good story, very detailed.

Best in Show: Don Henderson (well, it was his last film)
One for the future: Florence Hoath and Elizabeth Earl
Stand-out scene: Ending
Brainer or no-brainer: Brainer
Stands up to one viewing or repeated?: Repeated
DVD commentary any good?: n/a

TV
One of those movies with themes that come in two's (It's sister production was Photographing Fairies - which I have on disc but have yet to see). The story of the Cottingley Fairies, in which several black and white snapshots were purportedly taken by two children of real fairies in the leafy woodland behind the home of the Wright family cottage, is something i've been aware of for years. In today's Photoshop age we take digital manipulation of images for granted so it's fascinating that these - to our eyes obviously faked - images managed to convince even the most experienced photographers of their authenticity back in the 1920s. Some sixty years after they were taken, Elsie Wright (13 at the time the first snap was taken) and her cousin Frances Griffiths (at 10 the younger of the duo) confessed that they had used cut out pictures on Bristol board stood on hat pins when taking the photos. However, they did maintain that fairies did exist, they had just faked the proof, a sentiment echoed in this movie. Arthur Conan Doyle was famously one of those fooled; it was his article in The Strand magazine that first carried sharpened-up images of the photos and this movie also embroils Houdini (Harvey Keitel) in the saga as a device to highlight a child's capacity to believe. Period detail and sterling work from Florence Hoath and Elizabeth Earl as the girls mean that this is a family film for all to enjoy. Amongst the adults involved there's Peter O'Toole, Paul McGann, Bill Nighy and Bob Peck on board, with Tom McInnery as an investigative reporter who finds evidence of the deception when he breaks in to the Wright cottage (one of several fictions in the film). As yet, I cannot comment on whether this is the better of the two movies on the Cottingley Fairies theme, but Photographing Fairies will have to go a long way to match this. The fleeting glimpse of Mel Gibson as Frances' father (it's his production company behind the movie) is a plus point too.

A very nice children's movie about two little girls who inspire and give hope to the world after photograpphing fairies in their back yard.

The performances are pretty good, the storyline's great, and there are nice little surprises here and there. The perfect movie for any little girl:fresh:

This movie started out slow but got better. I really liked the mermaid fairies.