Photographing Fairies

Featuring neat special effects, this romantic fantasy is loosely based on the story of the Cottingley Fairies, a tale of two cousins who, in 1917, swore that they had photographed the magical wee folk dancing in their garden. The story the girls told captured the war-weary imagination of Britishers ...more

Of the 1997 movies inspired by the Cottingley fairies case of 1917, Photographing Fairies is the darker of the two, and its deceptively simple title doesn't convey the insight and philosophical nature of the story. Based on the novel by Steven Szilagyi, this costume drama takes a decidedly intellectual approach to the fantastical subject matter. As the bereaved photographer Charles Castle, Toby Stephens makes a cold protagonist who allows himself to be transformed into a believer on a kind of ...more