Average Rating: 5.4/10
Reviews Counted: 26
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 14
Good production value and decent special effects, but the story is too insipid and slowly paced.
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Critic Reviews: 4
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 4
Good production value and decent special effects, but the story is too insipid and slowly paced.
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Though Willow was one of director Ron Howard's few box-office disappointments, it definitely deserves a second look. At once an epic celebration and a gentle spoof of the sword-and-sorcery genre, the film concerns the efforts by little person Willow Ufgood (Warwick Davis) to protect a sacred infant from the machinations of a wicked queen (Jean Marsh). One source book has assessed the picture as a combination of The Ten Commandments and Snow White. This is true enough, except that neither one of
May 20, 1988 Wide
Nov 27, 2001
MGM Home Entertainment
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The big budget can't conceal the fact that this fiction is fallow, more rootbound than spellbound.
Though children will mostly be enthralled by the spectacles, even they might notice the weak story protruding through the industrial magic.
At the story level, Willow is turgid and relentlessly predictable.
Nice fantasy adventure, looking pretty dated now, but ably helmed by Ron Howard.
Magic-filled fantasy adventure for tweens and up.
If you like fantasy flicks, director Ron Howard's take on ... George Lucas' story is an action-packed adventure with a nice message about heroes coming in all sizes.
As a movie, it's a hell of a video game
It isn't without significant flaws, but overall an effective and memorable fantasy spectacle.
This is how I always figured the project got started: ILM called Ron, and said 'Ronnnnnnn, we're BORED.'
Classic tale of good vs evil with great characters and creatures throughout. All the cast are likeable and fit perfectly into the story making the film quite humorous in places, the 'Brownies' and 'Madmardigan' especially hehe. The action is nice and not too brutal, brings back the feeling of old 'Errol Flynn' films in
July 6, 2008Super Reviewer
Adventure doesn't come any bigger than this.Well the idea of seeing it as an adult when I really wanted to see as a kid really failed! It was mostly boring at times although the end was the best thing of this movie. The story wasn't that interesting to me sadly. This movie actually was nominated for 2 Oscars even
July 8, 2009
Super Reviewer
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