Good story, Not enough for a whole film

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

"Pert from the front and a vision from behind" - This is such a wonderful televisual experience that I have to watch the whole mini-series once a year at least. It is a superb fairy tale loosely based on all your favourite child-hood tales from the Brothers Grimm, with an obligatory trip to the tenth kingdom (New York, of course). The ensemble cast are superb (except, maybe, for the disappointing performances from Ann-Margret and Snow White, which are based more on renown than upon suitability for the role!) Dianne Wiest once again proves that she deserves an award for every production in which she appears. She is ably supported by the wonderful Scott Cohen (where was his Emmy for this role?) and Kimberly Williams. John Larroquette is at his very best as the NY janitor who proves that whatever can goes wrong will go wrong. Rutger Hauer creates one of his best characters since he appeared in Bladerunner and the trolls are superb: "suck an elf" is such a well crafted catch-phrase and the general incompetence of the three children of the Troll King is amply demonstrated by the wonderful self-description "I am Bluebell the troll, terrified throughout the Nine Kingdoms". The Shepherdess competition is a sublime piece of television - no-one will ever hear "We will rock you" again without a small smile as "we will shear you" comes to mind. Watch this, love this, watch it again!

The 10th Kingdom is really an atrocious movie. I know that normally TV movies like this have lower standards and I was prepared for that. I was prepared for sub-par acting and bad special effects. But this movie is available. The acting by minor actors was unbelievable bad. But the surprising thing was actors like Dianne Wiest giving a really bad performance. I have seen a lot of movies in which she has a role, but she has never given a bad performance before.I don't know how that happens. How can good actors give such bad performances. Was the shooting rushed through? Were they not paid enough? Or did they instinctively knew that they can't save such a bad movie and decide to their worst. I sincerely don't know.I couldn't get through the whole thing. It is 7 hours long ! And frankly I was tired before the first hour was up. The story seemed very clichéd. Just a pale imitation of stuff that you had already watched elsewhere. I recommend that you avoid it at all costs.I really can't understand the good reviews. Do people have such low standards.

Let me start with praise for the magnificent graphics, costumes and sets and the cute story and the Wolf that stole the movie, followed closely by Sally Peep. But when Tony says he'll stay behind at the end, who can blame him? His daughter, whom he raised alone, considers him a joke and argues with him every chance she gets, and is more affected by the death of her mother who tried to kill her three times. Not that Tony doesn't have his own problems. He is continually sarcastic and verbally abusive to Virginia (and everyone else within earshot). I count no less than four times that his daughter is crying inconsolably and he stands silently and watches her. Have either of these people heard of a HUG? No wonder Virginia skips from a brief kiss to the horizontal hokey-pokey with Wolf. No one has ever shown her any real affection. I think that's where this film fell down for me. Dad and daughter were only sparring partners. They might as well have been complete strangers. It might have played better.

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.