The defence The Popcorn Loyalist
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Fairy Tales
Adventure · Comedy · Romance · 1978
On his twenty-first birthday, the Prince goes on a quest that takes him across the land searching for the one woman that gets him sexually excited, Princess Sleeping Beauty.
Movie details
Fairy Tales
“Some Day Your Prince Will Come. A lusty, rowdy spoof of all your favorite fairy tales!”
1978 Adventure · Comedy · Romance 1h 22m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.1 / 10
Community rating
On his twenty-first birthday, the Prince goes on a quest that takes him across the land searching for the one woman that gets him sexually excited, Princess Sleeping Beauty.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Fairy Tales?
For the defence
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Harry Hurwitz
Written by
Frank Ray Perilli · Franne Schacht
Don Sparks
Prince
Sy Richardson
Sirus
Linnea Quigley
Sleeping Beauty
Brenda Fogarty
Gussie Gander
R
Robert Staats
Doorman / Tommy Tucker
I
Irwin Corey
Dr. Eyes
Alexandra Day
Jill (as Lindsay Freeman)
Court is in session
Put Fairy Tales on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.