“There’s more syrup than spell-casting here, though I found it pleasantly sweet.”
“Choreography as caustic social commentary.”
“A slasher flick that doubles as sex therapy…”
“The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind of Spider-Man movies…”
“… galvanizing, glorious, out-of-this-world-while-clearly-created-within-it filmmaking.”
“… something of an Adam and Eve rock video (Tangerine Dream did the score), set in a land that J.R.R. Tolkien forgot.”
“Parton’s smile wins 1,000 hearts and deflects twice as many harassing come-ons.”
“Like an unsettled mind, this is littered with background disturbances…”
“A delectably malleable metaphor movie…”
“Half of a high concept…”
“… at once animated by artistic appreciation and tinged with a realistic sense of regret.”
