The NeverEnding Story II - The Next Chapter

MPAA Rating

PG

Theatrical Release Date

Feb 07, 1991

Genre(s)

• Adventure
• Family Films
• Heroic Missions
• Fantasy
• Horror
• Kids & Family
• 4-for-3 Art House & International
• 4-for-3 Kids & Family
• 4-for-3 Science Fiction & Fantasy
• 4-for-3 All DVDs

Rating (Stars)

Description

Filled with a few imaginative moments and a child actor who looks like a miniaturized Sharon Stone, II isn't as neverending as the third headache in the series, but it's not on par with the original. Versions of Atreyu, the brave warrior, Rockbiter, and Falcor, that flying, pink, poodle-dragon, return to travel across the storybook world of Fantasia. This time our protagonist and reader, Bastian, is actually in the story the entire time instead of looking on from outside the pages. The interaction doesn't help, as it's the same crisis and the same story line (well, okay, he is reading the same book), but at least the film is not as unrelentingly melancholy as the first one either. Children may be frightened by the "giants," large dung beetles on two legs, that threaten our heroes. --Keith Simanton

Director

George Miller

Stars

• Jonathan Brandis
• Kenny Morrison
• Clarissa Burt
• John Wesley Shipp
• Martin Umbach

Running Time

89 minutes

Original Price

$9.98

Current Value

$0.74

DVD Features

• Anamorphic
• Closed-captioned
• Color
• Dolby
• DVD-Video
• Full Screen
• NTSC
• 1.85:1