The first Neverending Story Film, based on a book of the same name, is a superb childrens fantasy film full of wonderful characters and mythologies, with a great score and some stunning special effects. It takes a plot that might otherwise sound very clunky and cliche- a lonely schoolboy plays truant to read a mysterious fantasy book, and discovers that the story is reallly happening, but that his imagination is key to saving the world of its characters from total annihilation- and turns this premise into a stunning narrative that merges myriad real-world ancient mythologies (Norse, Native American, Persian, to name a few) with new fantastical creations in a story that ..  Read the complete review