content: I was surprised at how well written the script for Tenth Kingdom was. It's intelligent, funny, and captures both the wonder and terror of real fairy tales. In other words, people die, and sometimes in an awful way, but also there is a kind of wisdom and moral that is also passed on despite bad events. Mention is made of the wonderful special effects. They're ok. Good enough (but I just saw Return of the King -- so I'm spoiled). But it's the script that wins you over (and the acting). You get the sense 10th Kingdom was shooting for some sort of series. Too bad, because it's far more intelligent than most stuff on TV. Hopefully its reputation will live on with the DVD. It deserves a following.