The plot is a mess, but director David Lynch shows his genius here with the visuals, particularily the set designs, and there is a slight intelligence. I'd watch it over Star Wars any day.
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A dated and bizarre mess of an adaptation.
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Parents need to know that this movie contains disturbing imagery and violence. However, children might find most of it tame by today's standards, even a little hokey. A character is stabbed in the neck. Villains are grotesque. A man with oozing boils on his face enjoys a form of torture involving unplugging a valve leading to a person's heart. There are battle scenes and explosions.
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- Families can talk about Paul's sense of duty and commitment, the story's notions of destiny, as well as mythology and the modern-day re-tellings of the hero story also found in films like Star Wars and The Matrix.
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