John Holden I had low expectations going in and I wasn't disappointed: it was even worse than I imagined. It would have been painful if it took 1 hr 20 mins. But at 8 hours you want to scream.Maybe it will appeal to those who like plays & musicals for the overacting, emoting, screen-chewing; costumes and color .... and don't mind a numb script. Instead of tension, character development, story - all that stuff that takes creative effort and work - you have folks running around in makeup, rats talking in squeaky baby voices, and soooooooo much dead time.TV just keeps devolving. Scripts are written (I assume) to include every possible viewer. So they become more of a political speech than a movie.I saw some refs to it being for kids and don't follow that: the Wolf makes reference to the heroine's "succulent breasts"; the Trolls have a refrain "go suck an elf". Was it written for people who want to re-imagine what they would have liked as salacious kids? I also saw in the reviews some hopes for Emmy recognition. That's where TV folks get together and congratulate each other on how well they've done in TV-land?

princebansal1982 The 10th Kingdom is really an atrocious movie. I know that normally TV movies like this have lower standards and I was prepared for that. I was prepared for sub-par acting and bad special effects. But this movie is available. The acting by minor actors was unbelievable bad. But the surprising thing was actors like Dianne Wiest giving a really bad performance. I have seen a lot of movies in which she has a role, but she has never given a bad performance before.I don't know how that happens. How can good actors give such bad performances. Was the shooting rushed through? Were they not paid enough? Or did they instinctively knew that they can't save such a bad movie and decide to their worst. I sincerely don't know.I couldn't get through the whole thing. It is 7 hours long ! And frankly I was tired before the first hour was up. The story seemed very clichéd. Just a pale imitation of stuff that you had already watched elsewhere. I recommend that you avoid it at all costs.I really can't understand the good reviews. Do people have such low standards.

rkay48 I watched the first show in this series and I found it to be terrible. I enjoy fantasy (e.g., stardust), but this was just idiotic.The acting was amateurish and way overdone, the special effects quite cheesy, and the costumes like something from a bad dream. The plot was also inane, but that is not unusual for a fantasy. I suppose this might have been targeted at children, but I doubt that this even comes up to the standards of a kids TV show. Also, this does not seem appropriate for younger children (violence), so I can't see why this movie exists at all.The characters were incredibly annoying, and made watching this a masochistic exercise.To me, this looked like a very poor TV show, which is what I guess it was. I would strongly advise that you not waste your time with this one.

suckumorshuckum My kids literally watch this movie all day sometimes. I saw it on TV when it first came out and found it recently on DVD. My children ages 11 8 and 5 pretend they are the characters and play for hours. Everyone wants to know WHEN IS THE Sequel COMING OUT!!!!! It Ends with Virginia being pregnant and they are back in New York. We are very excited to see how life turns out for the Characters. this movie is a fairytale fanatics dream come true. I hope it doesn't just end here.I love how they have split all the kingdoms up. I want to know more about the other lands and hear more stories of Virginia and wolf, tony and the prince. Someone has to continue the excitement PLEASE!!!!