Review of Willow (1988) by Matt J — 22 Aug 2012

George Lucas, Ron Howard together with Warwick Davis restore LucasFilms to Greatness.

This review of Willow (1988) was written by Matt J on 22 Aug 2012.

Willow has generally received positive reviews.

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The story is great, it had everything action adventure, it was funny and has room for a second movie…

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By Ian S (969) on 24 Feb 2017

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Sometime during the second hour I pinpointed the trouble: The movie is so full of tricks and gimmicks that it doesn't care enough about being…

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By Brandon V (9) on 19 Dec 2017

This movie popped into my memory today! Been 25 years probably since I've seen it, but remember watching it many times…

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Ron Howard's finest Work in my opinion. A PERFECT Fantasy Adventure…

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Excellent family film that jumps from one fun scenario to another…

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Lucas to miał łeb do tworzenia filmów... Bardzo lubię ten film. Dobrze że teraz zrobili ciąg dalszy…

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The first act of Willow is perfect, and while the second act and third act started to have some nit picky here and there and I did feel a bit…

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By Ian Nathan (392) for Empire (3,446) on 30 May 2017

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