Never Ending Story
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- Synopsis
- Wolfgang Petersen adapted Michael Ende's children's story for this charming fantasy film that spawned several sequels. Bastian (Barret Oliver) is dealing with his mother's recent death....
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- Starring
- Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach, Moses Gunn, Patricia Hayes
- Director(s)
- Wolfgang Petersen
- Distributor(s)
- Bavaria Films
- MPAA Rating
- PG
- Runtime
- 94 min.
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Variety | Staff (Not Credited)Add Critic to Favorites
Wolfgang Petersen's The NeverEnding Story is a marvelously realized flight of pure fantasy.Read the full review
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
The idea of the story within a story is one of the nice touches in The NeverEnding Story. Another one is the idea of a child's faith being able to change the course of fate. Maybe not since the kids in the audience were asked to save Tinker Bell in Peter Pan has the outcome of a story been left so clearly up to a child's willingness to believe.Read the full review
The New York Times | Vincent CanbyAdd Critic to Favorites
The Neverending Story is a graceless, humorless fantasy for children, combining live actors and animated creatures in mostly imaginary settings.Read the full review
