Based on 36 votes and 14 reviews.
I like a good love story so it gets two stars for that, however, the stories that the 'genie' tells are dull and boring. Warning, there are obese nude scenes in the 2nd - made me throw up in my mouth. So gross. May want to look away.
This was so bad that in the first 10 minutes I started FF and jumped ahead and around to see if it was as bad as I thought. It was. 10 minutes of my life wasted.
I loved the individual stories that the Djinn told but found the romance lacking
Yawn. Spend your money on the books. making movie is art form, an intelligent, entertaining 2 dimension of a book or story event- this art is lost. movies now are about how much money can I make or I made one good movie lets try another or somebody had some money and wanted to make more and asked a director to give a go at it.
Storyteller goes to Istanbul and redoes "1001 Nights" (Scherazade comes up on a sign). (Spoiler) She imagines a Djinn and falls in love with him. Old fashioned story telling with lavish settings. The ending a little overdone, but great fun.
Costumes and cinematography were the only redeeming factors plus a few good shots of the Bosphorus and palaces. Story was extremely odd. Thank goodness for the comfy seats! Would never recommend to anyone. It was Bizarre. Two stars only for the costumes and location scenes. Sound track was also good especially through the Credits. One of worst movies have ever seen.
You will be longing for this movie to be over!
Fairytale about love. Well acted. Nice storytelling
Elba is always solid. But he seemed scattered. Not as much as in Beast. The girls were awful. This movie is crazy stupid. The giant naked women were so uneccessary and that part of the story offered zero value. They accomished nothing. Was like the joke Orange u glad I didn't say banana again...but they just kept saying banana. The 2 Brothers chapter was so dumb. They I trounce a character then he dies, killed, or written off. They fat brother puts gross fluid ha d out the whole. Mom kisses it. That whole movie was vross and obnoxious. Who gives this over 1 star? I call BS
Both leads were top notch. Very interesting story and music.