Perfect family film, this has everything you would expect from a fairy tale story, but with added dry wit and humour that adds a huge amount of fun. Even the framing device, with a boy being told a bedtime story, initially seems unnecessary, but cleverly draws you into the story and is used throughout to add a lot of clever narrative touches and ultimately warmth and a fitting conclusion. There is an array of brilliant supporting characters here, with Peter Cook, Wallace Shawn and Billy Crystal standing out, but though the film strikes this fine balance throughout of threatening to undercut the plot with its humour, it never crosses the line and ensures the audience are just as invested in the outcome of the story and the fate of the central characters as they are in the jokes. This has something for everyone young and old, which is just "inconceivable!!!"