Save this article to read it later.
Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection.
Theres a reason most people know of E.T.A.
The supporting cast seem as lost as Foy.
Not even Keira Knightley as a saccharine-voiced Sugar Plum Fairy can inject any feeling of human presence.
Even divorcing it from its storied, perennially retold source material doesnt leave one with a coherent narrative.
As a contender for cherished childhood mythology, its methods are cheap.
And as a mere child distractor, it seems awfully expensive.
