<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . (January 2016) </Td> </Tr> <P> The film has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 82% based on reviews from 39 critics . The critical consensus reads: "A magical journey about the power of a young boy's imagination to save a dying fantasy land, The NeverEnding Story remains a much - loved kids' adventure ." Metacritic gives the film a score of 46 / 100 based on reviews from 10 critics . </P> <P> Film critic Roger Ebert gave it three out of four stars and praised its visual effects, saying that "an entirely new world has been created" because of them, a comment echoed by Variety . Joshua Tyler of CinemaBlend referred to it as "One of a scant few true Fantasy masterpieces". </P> <P> Vincent Canby panned the film as a "graceless, humorless fantasy for children" in a 1984 New York Times review . Canby's criticism charged that parts of the film "sounded like' The Pre-Teenager's Guide to Existentialism"'. He further criticized the "tacky" special effects, and that the construction of the dragon looked like "an impractical bathmat". </P>

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