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I went to the theater with an open mind, trying my best to set aside the original story and avoid making comparisons. I just wanted to watch a movie, immerse myself in the story, and be entertained for two hours.

The result of my experience, still avoiding deeper analysis or comparisons, is that it's an okay movie. Nothing exceptional. The storyline is okay, the acting is okay (for a Disney princess movie), though there are some weak spots in the plot, as well as in the way certain moments of tension are developed and resolved. But I wouldn't call it terrible, far from it.

If I were to start making comparisons and analyzing the producers' choices (some of which I find downright ridiculous), my opinion would drop significantly. But I don't think it's fair to dislike, or hate, the movie for what I consider the wrong reasons.

This movie should be judged for what it is, on its own terms. And my honest take? It's an okay movie. Nothing remarkable, but far from awful.

Don't hate the moovie for the wrong reasons. It's just a movie.

Suspension of disbelief-I'm always willing to open my mind to the world of any given story. But the plot needs to meet me halfway.

It may sound exaggerated, but this is my honest impression: this movie doesn't have a single scene that's remotely believable. Not a single one. From the very first minute (literally the first minute of the film) to the final scene, passing through every moment in between. And it's important to point out that it's not about doubting the existence of people with very unusual fantasies; rather, the situations in this movie are completely implausible. I'm not talking about one or two moments, but every scene, the entire film. There are even moments where the movie openly flirts with the ridiculous (there were two or three instances where I heard people in the theater laughing- at the sheer nonsense of the situations and lines).

Nicole Kidman is an amazing actress, no doubt about that. The problem isn't with her performance. But I can imagine that she gets more than a dozen offers to work on different projects, and she has the luxury of choosing which ones to take on. And for me, it's really hard to believe this was the best project she had on the table.

If that annoying post-teen *intellectual* who just discovered Nietzsche, Hitchens, and Dawkins and now wants to "deconvert" the world - a type we all know - were a psychopath, this would be their movie.

What an incredibly boring film! Imagine listening to two hours of cheap atheist lectures with a few doses of disgusting horror.

Hugh Grant is an excellent actor, no doubt about it, but I stand by what I've been saying for years: good actors, good cinematography, and solid technical elements can't save a movie if the plot is just dull and/or pretentious.

Once again, IMDb ratings misled me (and the trailer, too).