Willow, a small farmer/apprentice magician, meets Madmartigan, a great swordsman, and together they journey through a war-torn land of magic and monsters, to save a baby princess from death at the hands of an evil queen.
16 July 1948, UK
27 March 1950
15 August 1928, Camberwell, London, England, UK
19 May 1937, Birmingham, England, UK
31 May 1918, Bognor Regis, Sussex, England, UK
3 February 1970, Epsom, Surrey, England, UK
December 6, 1941 in Ceylon
1 July 1934, Stoke Newington, London, England, UK
24 January 1984, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1 November 1977
21 May 1934, Paddington, London, England, UK
14 November 1936, England, UK
30 October 1948, Herne Bay, Kent, England, UK
16 April 1987
24 April 1971
28 July 1980, Granite Falls, Minnesota, USA
31 December 1959, Los Angeles, California, USA
16 April 1987
1952, Carshalton, Surrey, England, UK
March 20, 2013
There's a sunny feeling here that's impossible to deny: a warm, inviting tone unseen in more recent fare.
January 01, 2000
Though children will mostly be enthralled by the spectacles, even they might notice the weak story protruding through the industrial magic.
January 01, 2000
The big budget can't conceal the fact that this fiction is fallow, more rootbound than spellbound.
July 09, 2014
Willow is medieval mishmash from George Lucas, a sort of 10th-century Star Wars tossed together with a plethora of elements taken from numerous classic fables.
August 23, 2016
The world may not need yet another swashbuckling epic adventure, but one with so much heart and soul and fantasy surely is a welcome addition.
October 22, 2005
As a movie, it's a hell of a video game
October 21, 2004
It isn't without significant flaws, but overall an effective and memorable fantasy spectacle.
October 22, 2007
Magic-filled fantasy adventure for tweens and up.
January 10, 2009
Nice fantasy adventure, looking pretty dated now, but ably helmed by Ron Howard.
September 23, 2003
This is how I always figured the project got started: ILM called Ron, and said 'Ronnnnnnn, we're BORED.'
January 01, 2000
At the story level, Willow is turgid and relentlessly predictable.
June 09, 2013
a forgotten classic that holds a lot of nostalgia
