Product Details

• Actors: Jason James Richter, Melody Kay, Jack Black, Carole Finn, Ryan Bollman
• Directors: Peter MacDonald
• Writers: Jeff Lieberman, Karin Howard, Michael Ende
• Producers: Dieter Geissler, Harold Tichenor, Harry Nap, Heinz Bibo
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Miramax
• DVD Release Date: June 4, 2002
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (66 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006472Z
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #13,327 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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• This is item 3 in The NeverEnding Story Series.

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
A TEENAGER SUCCESSFULLY WISHES HIMSELF INTO THE PHANTASMIC WORLD OF A MAGIC BOOK. BUT CAN HE ESCAPE FROM FANTASIA TO RIGHT THE WRONG HE'S CAUSED ON EARTH? INSPIRED BY THE BEST-SELLING BOOK, THIS IMAGINATIVE FAMILY FILM CELEBRATES THE JOY OF READING.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

59 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This one really doesn't end!, July 1, 2004

By	Kevin P. Gareau (Cleveland, OH USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I got this movie because I was a big fan of the first two, and I expected this one to be great. To say I was disappointed would be an understatement. This movie should never have start production. It is geared too much toward little kids, but I doubt even little kids would be amused by it. The plot has Bastian returning to Fantasia to escape "The Nasties", which is some sort of gang. The Fantasia in this movie is very different from the one in the first two. It looks a lot less inviting, and they really screwed up all the beauty that Fantasia possessed in the first two movies. They turn the Childlike Empress into a joke, who even contemplates using the Auryn to go shopping! Michael Ende would die of shame if he were still alive. They turned his wonderful idea into one big joke. This movie should never have seen the light of day.

41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars It only feels like it never ends., April 2, 2005

By	Ross Reynolds (Seattle) - See all my reviews

The first movie was awesome. The second one was ok. This one is just embarrassing. The only cool things about this movie are that you get to see Jack Black play a school bully, and hear Rock Biter sing "Born to be Wild". Other than that, this is a total waste of time.

Oh, and if they're going to have a different kid play Bastian in every movie, they could at least make some effort to have them look somewhat alike. They all look completely different. He might as well have been black in one of them.

Bad trilogy. Very bad. Just go with the first one, it's the best.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I'd rather vomit and go play in it..., October 26, 2005

By	Ann Balay "The_Empress_Is_Not_Pleased" (Nashville, Tn USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This movie was so horrible, I was going to sell it in a yard sale. Then I thought... 'that means it will be floating around somewhere else in the world." So I decided to throw it away, then thought 'what if someone goes dumpster-diving, takes it, and watches it?" I couldn't live with that! So, I burned it. Bad for the environment, yet good for the general population. The only thing RIGHT about it was that the Rock Biter had the correct, book-version of the name. STILL, if I wanted Cheese, I would have grabbed a bag of Doritos. Mmm... Doritos. ::Walks away to find the Doritos::