Fairy Tale: A True Story

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sean g @RT86188705 11/08/2021 Great story, great Sunday movie See more steve d @RT35616104 07/06/2020 Not true and not at all interesting. See more 10/05/2016 This is a fun movie with lovely scenery. I really enjoyed it. See more 02/21/2016 As recently as the late 1960's, I had an actress friend in Hollywood who believed these famous "photographs" of fairies in Yorkshire were real, and she was truly annoyed by those who did not share her belief. The subject of this historic hoax might have made a charming movie, but this one is too heavy handed and slowly paced. The small matter is treated in epic proportions, and too much spiritual significance is stuffed into the screenplay, which is filled with unspoken things, hints and hesitations. The fairies are presented here as "real," but a hoax is intimated, which turns out, of course, to have been the case, since the girls confessed later in life. The evidence of the existence of fairies is presumed to give hope and faith to the population of England during World War I, though why that should be so is never made clear. As we all know, it is Guardian Angels who look after us, not fairies. The real star of this film is the English countryside, which has rarely looked so lush, lovely and green, with or without its fairies. See more 04/13/2015 not quite as magical as I had hoped like with 'A Little Princess' it has a lot of promising ideas and ambition but falls short of being the perfect family film these little girls make the movie soar though challenging our belief systems as kids and adults and giving hope theres a sweet cameo at the end that will make you smile and how can I forget the fairies themselves.....easily because they're hardly in it but they look very enchanting Harvey Keitel as Harry Houdini sheds some interesting light about magic and illusion; without the explaining whats the point of a trick? and Bill Nighy is classy as always wanting to prove to the world that fairies exist and what they could represent to the population a good eye of a film for the child at heart but needs more See more 03/16/2015 Much more "fairy tale" than "true story." Separate this film COMPLETELY from the real life story of the Cottingley fairies, and you might find a pleasant little diversion for the whole family. See more Read all reviews

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