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Anastasia: Once Upon a Time

Anastasia: Once Upon a Time

Family · Adventure · Fantasy · 2020

Anastasia Romanov escapes through a portal when her family is threatened by Vladimir Lenin, and she finds herself in the year 1988, befriended by a young American girl.

Movie details

Anastasia: Once Upon a Time

“She's a long way from home.”

2020 Family · Adventure · Fantasy 1h 29m

Critical arithmetic

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5.9 / 10

Community rating

Anastasia Romanov escapes through a portal when her family is threatened by Vladimir Lenin, and she finds herself in the year 1988, befriended by a young American girl.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Blake Harris

Written by

Blake Harris

Brandon Routh

Brandon Routh

Czar Nicholas

Emily Carey

Emily Carey

Anastasia

Amiah Miller

Amiah Miller

Megan

Kendall Vertes

Kendall Vertes

Beatrice

Shanna Collins

Shanna Collins

Lily

Jo Koy

Jo Koy

Vladimir Lenin

Donna Murphy

Donna Murphy

Yara the Enchantress

Court is in session

Put Anastasia: Once Upon a Time on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

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.

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.