I can see why people who grew up with this love it, but I didn't grow up with it, and it's just not for me.
I do like the song, and I like the turtle that doesn't care about anything.
The NeverEnding Story
A boy who needs a friend finds a world that needs a hero in a land beyond imagination!
Rating
3.5 (3)
Release Date
4/6/1984Runtime
102 minsOverview
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.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
GermanBudget
$27,000,000Revenue
$20,158,808Homepage
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How It Feels
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A magical journey that blurs the line between reader and story, where a lonely boy discovers that imagination itself is worth fighting for. The film moves between tender wonder and genuine darkness, it's a fairy tale that doesn't shy away from loss, but insists that connection and belief matter.
Mood
WistfulWhimsicalMelancholicHopeful
Themes
Coming of ageFriendshipGrief
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Steady
Look
PainterlyPractical effectsStylized genre
Structure
Framed flashback
Noah Hathaway
Atreyu
Barret Oliver
Bastian
Tami Stronach
The Childlike Empress
Alan Oppenheimer
Rockbiter / Falkor / G'mork / Narrator (voice)
Sydney Bromley
Engywook
Patricia Hayes
Urgl
Moses Gunn
Cairon - Empress' Servant
Frank Lenart
Teeny Weeny / Night Hob (voice)
Robert Jadah
Morla the Ancient One (voice)
Gerald McRaney
Bastian's Father
Tilo Prückner
Night Hob
Deep Roy
Teeny Weeny
Reviews
The NeverEnding Story Collection
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