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Fairy, The (PG)

Fairy, The (PG)

Comedy, Drama

A hotel clerk searches all over Le Havre for the fairy who made two of his three wishes come true before disappearing.

More information on this production is available at www.vivaverve.com.

The critical consensus

Not all of the jokes land perfectly (a late telephone gag treads too much water), but The Fairy remains infectiously funny throughout.

***(*)(*)Josh Winning, Total Film, 19/06/2012

It's meticulously slight: every setup – whether involving life-threatening ketchup bottles or sausage-snatching migrants – yields its own minor rewards.

***(*)(*)Mike McCahill, The Guardian, 28/06/2012

Never brilliant in any single aspect, but you’d happily join them for another madcap adventure.

***(*)(*)David Jenkins, Little White Lies, 28/06/2012

If you take to it, you'll find the fairy dust positively sparkles – however visibly it's bargain-basement tinsel.

Jonathan Romney, The Independent, 01/07/2012

The best that can be said for The Fairy is that it certainly creates its own world. However, it's one I wanted to get out of almost as soon as it began.

Jason Solomons, The Observer, 01/07/2012

It’s simultaneously a very knowing and strangely innocent film: either way it’s hard to resist at least an inward smile while watching Abel and Gordon perform an underwater ballet sequence in costumes fashioned from seaweed.

***(*)(*)Tom Dawson, The List, 17/07/2012

If your wish is for a very gentle piece of Belgian whimsy, consider it granted.

***(*)(*)Siobhan Synnot, The Scotsman, 22/07/2012

Largely plotless, the film serves up a series of droll, slapstick set-pieces, your enjoyment of which will largely be determined by how adorable you find the prospect of watching a couple of kooks dancing at the bottom of the sea amid giant oysters and jellyfish.

**(*)(*)(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 26/07/2012

Where and when?

Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee from Friday July 20, 2012, until Sunday July 22, 2012. More info: www.dca.org.uk

Edinburgh Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Friday July 27, 2012, until Monday July 30, 2012. More info: www.filmhousecinema.com

Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow from Friday July 27, 2012, until Sunday July 29, 2012. More info: http://www.glasgowfilm.org/theatre/

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