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The NeverEnding Story

Die unendliche Geschichte (The Neverending Story)

1984

Wolfgang Petersen

Barret Oliver, Noah Hathaway, Moses Gunn, Tami Stronach ...

6.9

98,658

Fantasy. Kids. Adventure The German Wolfgang Petersen (Das Boot, In the Line of Fire) made his first English-language film with this 1984 fantasy about a boy (Barret Oliver) visualizing the stories of a book he's reading. The imagined tale involves another boy, a warrior (Noah Hathaway), and his efforts to save the empire of Fantasia from a nemesis called the Nothing. Whether or not the scenario sticks in the memory, what does linger are the unique effects, ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"The world of this movie looks like a very particular place, and the art direction involved a lot of imagination. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"Despite the sophistication of the source material, the film isn't particularly successful: Petersen insists on forcing the superficial moral lessons, and the half hour removed from the film by its American distributors leaves it with a harsh, choppy rhythm."	NEG
United States	Variety	"A marvelously realized flight of pure fantasy."	POS
United Kingdom	Ian Nathan Empire	"This was sweet and charming at the time but now it just lacks either the comedy or sophistication of kids' fantasy film that we've all become accustomed to. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of five)"	NEU
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"'The Neverending Story' is a graceless, humorless fantasy for children, combining live actors and animated creatures in mostly imaginary settings."	NEG

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