Bastian, Atreyu and Falkor return 6 years later in a rare example of a film I hated as a kid that somehow holds up better than my memory of it. A lot of that is nostalgia for the era in which it was made, with all of its low-budget practical effects and faults on full display. It's not a perfect film, but I don't think it was ever striving to be. It's a cash grab for sure, but there is heart to be found in it. While it doesn't hold a candle to the original, it's dopey kid fun. It diverges from the novel quite a bit, in a treatment that owes more than a little to The Wizard of Oz, but it's still more faithful than the inevitable third entry.
2½ Auryn amulets out of 5
