Fresh
A marvelously realized flight of pure fantasy.
Variety Staff, Variety
The NeverEnding Story
A boy who needs a friend finds a world that needs a hero in a land beyond imagination!
1984 · 1h 37m · PG
Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Directed by
Wolfgang Petersen
Overview
While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a young warrior who, with the help of a luck dragon named Falkor, must save Fantasia from the destruction of The Nothing.
Director and cast
- Wolfgang Petersen Director
- Noah Hathaway as Atreyu
- Barret Oliver as Bastian
- Tami Stronach as The Childlike Empress
- Drum Garrett as 1st Bully
- Alan Oppenheimer as Rockbiter / Falkor / G'mork / Narrator (voice)
- Sydney Bromley as Engywook
- Patricia Hayes as Urgl
- Thomas Hill as Carl Conrad Koreander - The Librarian
- Moses Gunn as Cairon - Empress' Servant
- Frank Lenart as Teeny Weeny / Night Hob (voice)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
84%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Despite the sophistication of the source material, the film isn't particularly successful.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
A fairytale of the very best kind.
Verina Glaessner, Time Out
Fresh
The world of this movie looks like a very particular place, and the art direction involved a lot of imagination.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
The Neverending Story may have cost a mint to produce, but the result is bargain-basement.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
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