This is a great little movie that is weird and odd enough to keep you engaged. The beginning is a bit slow but if you stick with it, it begins to pick up. Amazing performance from Bebe Cave. I recommend this if you like a bit of twisted awkwardness in your movie.

Matteo Garrone's revisiting of three obscure seventeenth-century fairy tales rejects the conventions of mainstream fantasy films, and instead goes for an austere, almost neorealist approach. The film is mostly shot in Italy using real locations over CGI, and the photography is mainly minimal with natural lighting and little visual effects. The supernatural elements and fantastic creatures are finely designed and meld with the semi-realistic setting beautifully. The intention is clearly to tell "dark" fairytales to a grown-up audience, but actually there is nothing as edgy as one would think: just some mild violence and quite a lot of boobs. Each tale's outcome is also quite underwhelming despite the intriguing premises. It's definitely better than most of your average fantasy films, but at the same time, I can't help feeling like more risks could have been taken.

The first breath of fresh air in cinematography in years... It's a combination between brothers Grimm (writings, not series) and Sopor Aeternus. Amazing!

Beautifully shot and acted, but [spoiler] I expected the stories to connect to a crescendo at some point. The ending was very underwhelming. [/spoiler]

This was so weird. I don't feel like the stories connected well at all.