A flawed but ambitious film, full of potent mythic images — battling dragons; a shadowy doppelganger — but one that fails ultimately to resolve those images in a satisfying way.

As dark as The Last Unicorn or The Dark Crystal, though a shade less lyrical.

A workmanlike, humorless cartoon.

The painterly backdrops and detailed scenery are the highlights of an otherwise slow-moving narrative told in a staid, formal style deficient of humor or passion for the material.