We watched this last night. I wasn’t impressed. I enjoyed the first half, but generally thought it was too caught up in its own whimsicality and magic. I didn’t find the love affair particularly romantic or even convincing, the sad-comic gay friend and the fat down-to-earth black friend both made me roll my eyes. It was try-hard, self-conscious and left me off film-watching for the weekend.
Despite having studied folklore at university, I really dislike fairy tales.