Willow Summary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ron Howard
Genres: Fantasy
Rating:
Though Willow was one of director Ron_Howard's few box-office disappointments, it definitely deserves a second look. At once an epic celebration and a gentle spoof of the sword-and-sorcery genre, the film concerns the efforts by little person Willow Ufgood (Warwick_Davis) to protect a sacred infant from the machinations of a wicked queen (Jean_Marsh). One source book has assessed the picture as a combination of The_Ten_Commandments and Snow_White. This is true enough, except that neither one of those properties offered such offbeat casting choices as Billy_Barty and Jean_Marsh. Executive producer George_Lucas has (through the conduit of screenwriter Bob_Dolman) added elements of his own Star_Wars saga to the stew. The results are generally satisfactory, though the film is sometimes weighed down by too much plot, and the action sequences may not be suitable for very young children. Incidentally, this is the film where co-star Val_Kilmer met his future wife Joanne_Whalley. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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