Fresh
The story cuts corners, so it's not the masterpiece these filmmakers may yet create - but when they're on, this is jolly and so cute you'll sigh.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
The Fairy
2011 · 1h 33m · NOT RATED
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Directed by
Dominique Abel
,
Fiona Gordon
,
Bruno Romy
Overview
A hotel clerk searches all over Le Havre for the fairy who made two of his three wishes come true before disappearing.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Fresh
There may be better films in the theaters this week, but there surely is none easier to like than "The Fairy."
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
Do yourself and your kids a favor. On the way to multiplex to see "The Avengers," tell them "The Fairy" is about an all-powerful superheroine. Someday, they'll find the words to thank you.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh
Its appeal is ... in watching people who have devised their own original style of comic performance and have taken it to a rare level of refinement.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
It's a slight film, and it's over just as you're thinking it should be, but it's both sweet and refreshingly tart...
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
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