Product Details

• Actors: Corbin Bernsen, Glynis Barber, Jameson Baltes, Brittney Bomann, Leigh Greyvenstein
• Directors: Paul Matthews
• Writers: Paul Matthews, Christopher Atkins
• Producers: Christopher Atkins, Elizabeth Matthews, Janet Blandford, Richard Green, Veronica Russell
• Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Allumination
• DVD Release Date: August 26, 2001
• Run Time: 89 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005UW9W
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #169,111 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Fairy King" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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45 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars THE FAIRY KING OF AR-VHS~RATED 'G', July 2, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Fairy King of Ar [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a tale about a family that moves to the Isle of Man. After meeting a grumpy old caretaker, they move in to their 'country-ish' cottage in the lush woods. The two children befriend a fairy, while their father finds information at the local library that informs him that there is a gold mine under the creek that runs through their property. The crochety old caretaker warns them that if they open up the closed mine "demons will be comin' to get yer." While they decide to open the mine anyway, their ailing father finds he has 3 months to live. The fairies, sensing his illness, heal him, and then there comes a dilemma: Are the beings in the mine goblins, (rogue fairies), or really a lost breed of the wee folk?

This heartwarming tale really is a great movie. The makeup for the fairies is kind of 'theatrical' and the hairstyles resemble the 'beehive, but still, who wouldn't enjoy a fairy flick?

29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Good Family Movie Indeed, August 22, 2005

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Wings (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Fairy King (DVD)

We just bought the movie 'The Fairy King of Ar'. It is an ok movie. I think it could have been better though. Allot better even. It starts out with a grandmother reading a book to her two grandchildren. The book is about a giant that wanted to marry the fairy king's daughter. They made a deal, but the king did not keep his side of the bargain. The giant gets pissed off and creates a big hole in the ground and grabs all the people of Ar and throws them down in the hole. The grandmother tells her grandchildren that they have to help the fairies escape. Then she dies and they inherit her house and land.

You can guess here what happens next. They move in after that and meet a cousin of the mother's, whom appears to be crazy and believes there are demons in the mine, that is in their yard. When actually the demons really are the fairies.

If you watch them movie closely you can catch all kinds of little mistakes or things that just don't make since. Like the person who wrote the story was in too big of a hurry and just threw it all together without a care. It has plenty of potential to be something better. Mind you, it is still a good movie. Just not the best.

I love the house in the movie and the yard. It was very magical. I also love the fact that there was a mural of Brian Froud's on one of the walls in the house. But the movie never focused on it. The fairies were computer animation. Which is fine and dandy but they were very poorly done. Even the fairies played by real humans could have had better make-up. And that Tombalina looked more like a boy than a girl fairy.

All in all I rate this movie three stars.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for the Younger Children, September 19, 2006

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Susanna Duffy (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Fairy King (DVD)

A delightful little story with no violence, no horror, no frightening monsters. Just lots and lots of little fairies from the same species as Tinkerbell.

It's perfect for the younger children, warm-hearted, with medium pace, and no worries about nightmares later on. The villian is not so villianous, he shakes his fist at children, the family is loyal and loving and the fairy is friendly, but shy. Even the goblins are more bizarre than brutish.

Great for the under-nines