Tale of Tales (2015) Movie Review

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Tale of Tales (2015) movie poster

Tale of Tales is a movie about a variety of fairytales intertwined into 3 different storylines that revolve around kings and queens. You get some nice performances from Salma Hayek, John C Reilly, Vincent Cassel, and Toby Jones and the cinemaphotography is also good. It is also a movie that won a lot of awards for costume design, which I did not know until researching the movie after having watched it, and I must say that makes a lot of sense. The story is loosely based off of the fairytales of Italian Giambattista Basile who lived from 1566 - 1632.

There is a maze scene in the movie because Salma Hayek’s queen character has a stone maze outside her castle. Check out the screengrab below. While most movies would have gone with a traditional hedge maze in the gardens, this stone version looks daunting, and hot (or extra cold in the Winter).

Tale of Tales (2015) maze scene

Overall, there are some nice moments in the movie, and it is worth a watch if you like movies from this period or enjoy any of the actors.

I give it a 6.3/10.

Check out the trailer: