Review: The storytelling less than magical in "100 Nights of Hero"

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“Are you ready? Then we shall begin.” This narration, over an image of three moons hanging in the sky, begins Julia Jackman’s “100 Nights of Hero,” which she adapted from Isabel Greenberg’s 2016 graphic novel, and directed. It signifies that we’re in for a level of heightened, self-reflective fantasy storytelling, and in fact, the revolutionary power of storytelling itself is the beating heart of this film.

Jackman takes her own stylistic approach to “100 Nights of Hero” without replicating Greenberg’s aesthetic. You can almost immediately tell this fantastical film has a feminine touch in its colorful, highly stylized, modernist look and sound; there’s a certain girlish wit in the vibrant pink hues and the centering of women’s narratives with