I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

I had low expectations going in and I wasn't disappointed: it was even worse than I imagined. It would have been painful if it took 1 hr 20 mins. But at 8 hours you want to scream.Maybe it will appeal to those who like plays & musicals for the overacting, emoting, screen-chewing; costumes and color .... and don't mind a numb script. Instead of tension, character development, story - all that stuff that takes creative effort and work - you have folks running around in makeup, rats talking in squeaky baby voices, and soooooooo much dead time.TV just keeps devolving. Scripts are written (I assume) to include every possible viewer. So they become more of a political speech than a movie.I saw some refs to it being for kids and don't follow that: the Wolf makes reference to the heroine's "succulent breasts"; the Trolls have a refrain "go suck an elf". Was it written for people who want to re-imagine what they would have liked as salacious kids? I also saw in the reviews some hopes for Emmy recognition. That's where TV folks get together and congratulate each other on how well they've done in TV-land?

I love this movie, it goes above and beyond on attention to detail. Every stitch and scene is planned to the letter. The casting was spot on too, you can relate to pretty much every character in the movie. I love how it takes traditional fairy tales most of us grew up with and takes a whole new spin on them. I can watch ti over and over. The only drawback was it could have had a sequel, since the ending was semi open, and it never did. But even without it, it's a great story. Everyone delivers. Some things might be too scary for younger children, but the movie overall is no worse than the Grimm Fairy tales I used to read as a kid. It's a delight. You'll be hooked.

In New York, the lonely waitress Virginia Lewis (Kimberly Williams- Paisley) lives in a building on the edge of the Central Park where her father Tony Lewis (John Larroquette) is the janitor. Meanwhile, in the Snow White Memorial Prison, Relish the Troll King (Ed O'Neill) wears a pair of magic boots to become invisible and release his sons Blabberwort the Troll (Dawnn Lewis), Burly the Troll (Hugh O'Gorman) and Blue Bell the Troll (Jeremiah Birkett). When they are leaving the prison, they are summoned by the Evil Queen (Dianne Wiest) that offers half of the 4th Kingdom to Relish if he helps her in her evil plan. When Prince Wendell (Daniel Lapaine) arrives for a visit in the prison, the Evil Queen uses a magic dog and the prince swaps identity with the dog. However he escapes and the Evil Queen order the trolls to chase him and releases Wolf (Scott Cohen) to bring the prince back. However, the prince jumps in a magic mirror and falls over Virginia in the Central Park. Wolf and the trolls also jump in the Central Park hunting the prince. When Wolf meets Tony, he offers a magic beam with six wishes to know where Virginia is. Tony gets in trouble with his wishes and together with Virginia, they jump in the magic mirror to escape from the police and they arrive in the 4th Kingdom. They decide to help the prince to retrieve his human form and they live the adventure of their lives in the nine kingdoms of the fairytale land."The 10th Kingdom" is a delightful fantasy in the magic land of the fairy tales. I have spent the last three days watching with my wife the three imported DVDs with 417 minutes running time and it was really an worthwhile time that we have spent. Despite being long, the story keeps the attention and is highly entertaining. The only weak point of the story is the relationship between the needy Virginia and the wicked Evil Queen that does not deserve the attitude of Virginia in the end. This is the type of film that is pleasant for adults and children. The Brazilian distributor Alpha Filmes released an edited edition with only one DVD of about 180 minutes running time. My vote is eight.Title (Brazil): "Império Perdido" ("Lost Empire")

I watched the first show in this series and I found it to be terrible. I enjoy fantasy (e.g., stardust), but this was just idiotic.The acting was amateurish and way overdone, the special effects quite cheesy, and the costumes like something from a bad dream. The plot was also inane, but that is not unusual for a fantasy. I suppose this might have been targeted at children, but I doubt that this even comes up to the standards of a kids TV show. Also, this does not seem appropriate for younger children (violence), so I can't see why this movie exists at all.The characters were incredibly annoying, and made watching this a masochistic exercise.To me, this looked like a very poor TV show, which is what I guess it was. I would strongly advise that you not waste your time with this one.