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The NeverEnding Story
1984
· Movie
· 102 min
B
MEANRANK
73/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1808
- IMDb #1461
- Google retired #1816
- Rotten Tomatoes #1350
- Metacritic #2535
- Letterboxd #1711
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1689
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1520
- Metacritic Critics #3557
- Metacritic Audience #777
- Criticker #1436
- Douban #1797
- Kinopoisk #392
- AlloCiné #1443
- Trakt #1002
Every rating
49–86
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 49, highest is Google on 86.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A lonely boy escaping bullies hides in his school's attic and begins reading a mysterious book. The story tells of a magical land called Fantasia that is being consumed by a force called The Nothing. He becomes immersed in the tale of a young warrior chosen to stop the destruction, realizing his own role in the outcome of the fantasy.
Details
- Director
- Wolfgang Petersen
- Writers
- Herman Weigel, Wolfgang Petersen
- Based on
- The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
- Studio
- Constantin Film, Bavaria Film
- Released
- 6 April 1984
- Country
- Germany
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $27.0M
- Box office
- $20.2M
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Awards
6 wins & 9 nominations total
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