This is a joy to the eyes from start to finish. The screen actually glows, despite the lack of CGI or other similar tricks. It just proves how beautiful and original 2d animation is. Everything looks like a siluhette, but this is the beauty of Ocelot style, and in this modern rendition one can appreciate the the ability of the director to concentrate the attention of the viewer only on what is important. There is a very detailed accuracy in the way the setting is rendered. Is both beatiful and quite accurate in offering a visual snippet of the periods in which each story is set (Pharaonic Egypt, Medieval Europe and the 18th century in the Ottoman world). And the story (actually stories), have a non banal non disneyfied fairy-tale flavour that is just as appealing for the little and the grown ups. Do yourself a favour and just watch it.