Movie of teen boy finding mom held captive in carnival type land after sneaking past barrier guarded by old Irishman. He found magic dust in envelope that father saved before leaving. Before leaving he had crush on rich girl whose boyfriend was mean to him.
Sounds like Stardust.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486655/
Watched the movie last night. You were correct–it was “Stardust”. Thank you!
Thanks–I’ll check it out.
Solved!