An epic tale in the tradition of The Lord of the Rings.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 17, 2024

Dark and visionary, this compelling fantasy film uses amazing puppetry to tell its story.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 10, 2024

The Dark Crystal is such a dud... it's dull.

| Jul 29, 2022

Though the puppet technology wasn't adequate in 1982 for Jim Henson's imagination, Dark Crystal still possesses an innate, undeniable magic.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Sep 9, 2019

The story is unoriginal, but the images are quite inventive. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Aug 28, 2019

The puppetry is incredible. Unbelievable how fluid it is with such great attention to detail

| Original Score: 6.5/10 | May 21, 2019

As narrative, the incidents in The Dark Crystal are unremarkable; as the excuse for special effects, fanciful decor and eccentric characters, they do nicely enough.

| May 2, 2019

Jim Henson and Frank Oz... designed and directed this 1983 film, in which no human actors appear (except as crude long-shot doubles for the animated figures); it's a cute gimmick, but the puppets are so stiff and inexpressive that the film drops dead.

| May 2, 2019

In many ways it's a flawed masterpiece, which shows much more imagination than it's ultimately able to deliver on.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 2, 2019

The Dark Crystal has an ethereal alien quality to its startling visions, far removed from the Earth-bound contours of traditional fairy tales.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 2, 2019

The Dark Crystal remains a wonderfully crafted adventure from a simpler time.

| May 2, 2019

Although The Dark Crystal emerged from the darker side of his imagination, it's still a mesmerising picture that will enchant older children and adults alike.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 2, 2019

The story is a standard fairy-tale concoction, but the New Agey philosophy about healing and heroism makes for a classic Henson story, all heart and rapturous wonder at the world's incredible possibilities.

| Original Score: B+ | May 2, 2019

Filled with imagination and fanciful designs, The Dark Crystal is a film unlike any other.

| Original Score: 7/10 | May 2, 2019

It's sad thatchances are we'll never see anything like this again as CGI becomes more and more advanced.

| Original Score: 9/10 | May 2, 2019

A children's fantasy film so enjoyable, imaginative and devoid of cuteness that you want to shake the hand of each individual member of the huge team of collaborators.

| Apr 28, 2018

The Dark Crystal is well and truly a classic of its time, and it's a classic that's most certainly stood the test of time

| Original Score: 8/10 | Feb 22, 2018

The Skeksis, evil creatures seeking to solidify their power, retain their ability to frighten young children, and no amount of exposure to modern media seems adequate as a defence.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 26, 2015

A fantastic, but more intense Muppet adventure.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 15, 2010

The Dark Crystal, besides being a dazzling technological and artistic achievement by a band of talented artists and performers... that could teach a lesson in morality to youngsters at the same time it is entertaining their parents.

| Oct 18, 2008