Boring, long, and too preachy.

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Director Mark Jones attempts to replicate the success of his 1993 light-hearted horror hit Leprechaun with yet another tongue-in-cheek effort featuring an ugly, ancient, diminutive, wise-cracking fairytale villain; instead of 'I need me gold?', it's 'I want the baby John', wicked goblin Rumplestiltskin being more concerned with collecting the soul of an infant than in gathering up the shiny yellow stuff.Jones opens his film in the 1400s, somewhere in Europe, with Rumplestiltskin (Max Grodénchik) being pursued by angry villagers who are a little upset about his baby-stealing ways. As punishment, the pointy-eared chap is turned into a stone figurine and thrown into the sea. Cut to the present, and the hideous statuette is now on sale in a dusty old antiques shop in Los Angeles, where it catches the eye of recently bereaved cop's wife Shelley (Kim Johnston Ulrich); clearly doing alright on her widow's pension, Shelley buys the ugly effigy, but comes to regret her decision after she makes a wish whilst holding her new purchase: Rumplestiltskin, revived by Shelley's tears, makes her dream come true (granting her a brief reunion with her dead husband), but wants her baby son John in payment for services rendered.Rumplestilitskin is a reasonably entertaining slice of mid-90s trash: the script is suitably silly, the pacing reasonably fast, the gore good 'n' cheesy, and the dialogue delightfully daft ("F**keth me!"), with dumb but fun highlights including Rumpel going all Easy Rider on a Harley, and a desert buggy versus truck highway chase scene between Rumpel and unlikely hero Max (Tommy Blaze) that ends with a surprisingly decent crash/explosion. Essentially, it's a Leprechaun movie in all but name, and should prove passable entertainment for any fan of Warwick Davies' long-running franchise.That said, if I were forced to choose between Leprechaun and Rumplestiltskin, I'd have to go with the cheeky Oirish chappie's first outing, partly because Davies makes for a more memorable monster than Grodénchik, but mostly because Davies' co-star was a young Jennifer Aniston. Kim Johnston Ulrich is pretty, but she's no Aniston (although, unlike the Friends star, she does provide some welcome nudity).

Like it says in the title, that's all there is to talk about. This movie only has 2 very descent scenes in it. The epic Car Chase & The Go-Kart scene. The rest was dragging on and on. I do like the Rumpelstiltskin character, he's like the Leprechaun in every way. Funny jokes, they dress up funny, and there sense of humor. Another problem, they barely even show Rumpelstiltskin. It feels like to me that he is only in for like 20 minutes total??? Maybe it's just me. When they aren't showing Rumpelstiltskin. The main woman is either bragging to the cops or complaining about her baby keep on missing. Not very good. After watching this movie I just wanna watch Leprechaun movies again.4.5/10

The video case that I read had "From the creators of Leprechaun" on the front cover and that alone should have been a good enough warning to what you might see. And it doesn't disappoint. To be honest, I don't like the aforementioned film and "Rumpelstiltskin" is pretty much in the same style from its fairytale theme, jokey attitude, chase elements, hideous 90s fashion, a touch of nastiness and an ugly, but charismatic little folklore monster (this time a Brothers Grimm creation). I found the Rumpelstilskin character to be a little less annoying, but this doesn't make it much better. Here we have the wicked gnome materialising in the 20th century, after being cursed by a witch which saw him turned into a stone many centuries ago. Now that he's been released and a wish has been granted, he goes after the widow's first born. Quite low-budget, as the story (a bedtime fairytale coming to life, which steals its thunder from "The Terminator"!) remains on the move flinging out many outrageous set-pieces (ending off in the usual atmospheric graveyard… the place to be), but never does it take itself that seriously. The story is clichéd, but there are few unusual plot developments. Max Grodénchik decked out in some decent looking make-up, cracks out the one-liners and can leave a bloody mess of destruction. What occurs is somewhat lousy, but sort of fun in a silly way. Kim Johnston Ulrich is affably strong in the central role (a lot better than the material asks for and deserves) and Tommy Blaze ("I'm an asshole. Not a hero") makes for a aggravating jerk with some outright scary looking shirts and a rapid mouth. Also appearing are Allyce Beasley, Jack McGee and Mark Holton. And there are plenty of bemused faces. Mark Jones direction is competent, but quite mechanical and unassuming with its lively pacing and performances' giving it's up and go. Tacky, but harmless horror comedy junk.

i'm not sure i can rate this movie.i mean,on the one hand,it was very poorly made,not scary at all,with atrociously bad makeup effects,especially during the death scenes.it was however,horrendously amusing and even very funny,but not in any good way.i can only hope the geniuses behind this disaster were actually trying to make a comedy.if not,the world may just be coming to an end.i will say the creature was quite disgusting looking,if that means anything.anyway,you see the dilemma in trying to rate this thing.do we rate it for its comedic value(i use the term value very,very loosely),or based on how pathetic it is as horror movie?all i can say is,if you've seen more than a half dozen horror movies,you probably won't find this thing scary in the least.i see iv'e used up the required 10 lines.thank goodness