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The film begins in modern Stockholm. An orphaned boy named Bosse suffers neglect and abuse at the hands of his cruel aunt Edna and his apathetic Uncle Sixton, as well as being picked on by local bullies. For the record, his mother is confirmed dead and his father just disappeared. His best friend is Benke ([[Christian Bale|Bale]]), son of a [[Good Parents|kind and loving father]]. The kind
On the way, he meets the kindly shopkeeper Mrs. Lundin. She gives him an apple and asks him to mail a postcard. The postcard is addressed to ''the Land of Faraway'', informing its King of Bosse's impending journey there. After Bosse mails the postcard, his apple turns golden (right as he about to ''bite into it'', no less). Dropping the polymorphed apple in shock, Bosse spots something wriggling around in a discarded beer bottle. He pops it open and out comes the
He reveals that he's traveled to Earth to retrieve the one bearing the sign of the golden apple. He instructs the boy to ''grab hold of his bear'' and then ''sloooooowly'' floats out into space and through the galaxy until they reach The Land of Faraway. Oddly enough, Bosse survives this journey. Once there, Bosse is reunited with his real father, who turns out to be none other than the King (no, not ''that'' [[Elvis Presley|King]]), played by Bottoms. The King reveals that Bosse's real name is Mio and the boy begins an idyllic life on ''Green Meadow Island''. He's treated with love and adoration by his father and subjects, and even gets cool horse out of the deal, Shadowfax, er, I mean Shadowfax, I mean Shadowfax... I mean Miramas.
Before long, Mio has befriended several
However, not all is well. Something called ''The Whispering Well'' tells Mio that an iron-clawed knight named Kato ([[Christopher Lee|Lee]]) from the Land Outside has been kidnapping children and then forcing them to be his
Mio picks up on the fact that he meets all the job qualifications and thus sets out on his epic journey with his gardener and horse, armed with nothing but magical bread that satisfies all hunger! ...Methinks his plan needs a little more thought.
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* [[Cliché Storm]]: Oh boy, where to ''begin''? The entire movie plays like a ''Mad Libs'' where you insert fantasy and faerie tale cliches into the blanks.▼
▲* [[Cliché Storm]]: Oh boy, where to ''begin''? The entire movie plays like a Mad Libs where you insert fantasy and faerie tale cliches into the blanks.
** The entire first act plays every [[Changeling Fantasy]] plot point entirely straight right down to [[Rags to Royalty]].
** Mio is [[The Chosen One]] who must go on a quest to defeat the ultimate evil.
** Mio gets a [[Cool Sword]] to do it with.
** Hell, the bad guy is played by ''[[Christopher Lee]]''! ''[[Christopher Lee|Christopher
** Let's not even start on the Tolkien plot devices is rips off. A young man (Frodo/Mio) recently comes into a rather sizable inheritance (Bag-End and the Ring/being the prince of ''Green Meadow Island''), who finds out that he must embark on a quest defeat evil forever (kill Kato/destroy the Ring), ''WITH HIS GARDENER''!
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