Very well done, playing around with the standard tropes enough to be interesting but not enough to kill the heart

I had somehow missed this movie’s existence, although that may be no big surprise since I’m not a Gaiman fan. But I love this sort of fleshed-out fairy tale. It is very well done, playing around with the standard tropes enough to be interesting but not enough to kill the heart, and adding enough to give structure and weight without resorting to filler.

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