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Willow (1988)

PG 05/20/1988 (US) Action, Adventure, Fantasy 2h 6m

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Adventure doesn't come any bigger than this.

Overview

The evil Queen Bavmorda hunts the newborn princess Elora Danan, a child prophesied to bring about her downfall. When the royal infant is found by Willow, a timid farmer and aspiring sorcerer, he's entrusted with delivering her from evil.

Ron Howard

Director
Bob Dolman

Screenplay
George Lucas

Story

Top Billed Cast

Warwick Davis

Willow Ufgood
Val Kilmer

Madmartigan
Joanne Whalley

Sorsha
Jean Marsh

Queen Bavmorda
Patricia Hayes

Fin Raziel
Billy Barty

High Aldwin
Pat Roach

General Kael
Gavan O'Herlihy

Airk Thaughbaer
David Steinberg

Meegosh
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A review by Filipe Manuel Neto

4.0

Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on June 9, 2023

Warwick Davis' life movie isn't bad, but it's not really good either.

Fantasy cinema has experienced moments of brilliance thanks to the creativity of a good number of directors and screenwriters, and also due to the possibilities brought by technology. However, in the past, things were simpler: directors and technical teams of fantasy films were those people used to improvising a lot and thinking outside the box. That skill is a talent, surely, and sometimes it's preferable to do something more traditional than to use CGI resources so absurdly fake that they don't even deserve to be the... read the rest.

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