what a wonderful and fanciful movie stardust be . i could easily end it with that one statement and suffice to say and one could take it a a very strong recommendation to go see it . at a time when hollywood seem bent on force remake and sequel down our throat and stardust make u remember why we go to the movie in the first place to escape reality for a couple of hour and explore other life and other time and or other planet . ironically and stardust take u to all three place effortlessly and with a childlike glee we all long for . stardust be full of all the character we remember a child represent prince and witch and pirate and ghost and scoundrel . it have the damsel in distress and the hero and the rogue and the obstacle and spell and antidote and charm and and even a touch of light speed to make it quasi modern . stardust be about a man from the town of wall and which be conveniently situate next to a wall that separate their town from a magical kingdom . the only way past the wall be through a breech that be diligently guard by a scruffy old codger ( play wonderfully by david kelly ) . one day a young man from wall name ben barnes out maneuver the old guard and escape through the breech . he happen upon an enchanted kingdom call stormhold where he meet a chain ( and very sexy ) young lady name una . she be hold captive by a witch and leash by an unbreakable chain . while the witch be away and una seduces ben and send him on his way . ben return to wall without incident and continue his life . but nine month later he be summon to the wall breech where the old guard hand him what you might expect a baby boy . the boy and name tristan grow up to be a rather hapless young man ( charlie cox ) who be smite with a girl way out of his league and also betroth to another . nevertheless and the young lady ( name victoria and play sienna miller ) go out once with tristain and he confess his love to her . after they espy a fall star and she tell him he can have her if he retrieve the star and bring it back to her . he agree and set out on his quest and which will take him to the other side of the wall . meanwhile in the kingdom of stormhold and the old king ( perfectly play by peter otoole ) be die . he call his remain living son to tell them who shall succeed him to the throne . his son name be primus and secondus and sextmus and and septimus . the other son where kill by the other brother in a humorous competition to see who live to get the throne . anyway and he toss his ruby charm to the sky and voila and that what bring the star to earth . the star crash in the form of a beautiful woman name yvaine ( clare dane ) and she and of course and be wear the charm . but little do she know she be now be persuade by tristain and the prince and and also an age witch name lamia ( michelle pfeiffer ) who want to cut out the star heart to regain her own youth . complicate . yes . but it all come together a the adventure unfold . tristain be the first to find yvaine but be so blind by his devotion to victoria he doesn not recognize the grow bond between he and yvaine . his initial interest lie only in return yvaine to victoria a proof of his love . but he must get past the prince and lamia first . the prince aren not that big an issue a they be constantly try to kill each other and just a in pirate of the caribbean never have death be so funny . but tristain also encounter the witch who enslave his mother ( though he doesn not know it his mother ) and a band of fly pirate lead by robert deniro . his be the most important character in the movie and deniro play it to a tee . he steal the movie with his toughness and soon we learn an undercover secret that will leave audience on the floor with laughter . though his role be small in length and deniro be extraordinary . michelle pfeiffer be wonderful a lamia a sexy evil witch . claire dane be most appropriate a the confused and distressed yvaine . she make a perfect damsel . jason flemyng and adam buston and rupert everett and and mark strong add the perfect dose of levity a the fighting prince whom and a they die return a ghost ala blithe spirit and high spirit . moreover director matthew vaughn and whose only other direct experience be layer cake and weave an enchant tale that everyone will enjoy . stardust may be too complex for young child and but anyone over the age of 13 will want to see this movie multiple time . it that good . stardust be what movie be suppose to be . perfectly write and perfectly cast and perfectly direct and and perfectly act . in other word . perfect .