the beautiful story of stardust be write by by neil gaiman ( writer of mirrormask ) and it really a good story . i think it would appeal to any labyrinth and princess bride or 10th kingdom fan and yet it totally unique and stand up on it own . and i feel the film adaptation of this story have a far well end than what be present in the original novel by neil gaiman . i would not spoil it for you . the main character and tristan ( tristran in the novel ) and be the son of a mortal and a faerie slave keep by a witch in the realm of faerie . the story begin in a town near a wall that separate the magical world from the human world . when there be a fall star tristan promise to retrieve it for a girl he be infatuate with . he be unaware that the star have take the form of a girl in the fairy world and that there be others after her too . three elderly witch who want to use her heart to become young again and and some bickering prince . it a really good story . it have humor and magic and beautiful and surreal scene and visuals . it charm and i feel it can be watch by child and adult of all age . it simply magical . it a true classic fairy tale and the like of which i haven not see in cinema since the 1980s .