BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

FrogGlace In other words,this film is a surreal ride.

Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Fudge-3 I was thoroughly engaged throughout the movie and wondered how I managed to miss it for eight years.Characters coming to life out of books is not a new idea but it is done well here. A great cast of villains and heroes, creatures and monsters from both her own imagination and other authors make an appearance. If I could choose who to bring to life out of any book, who would I choose? On reflection; like the heroes here, I'd try to leave them where they belong.I really enjoyed the range of well known faces that turn up. You never know who you're going to see when the next door opens. A great group of (mostly) British actors lift the movie above your average run-of-the-mill fantasy.The special effects are done really well but also look a bit second hand. I can almost hear the producer's conversation, 'You know, like the Balrog from the Lord of the Rings?' Designer: 'Sure, we've got that.'We're told in the extras that the author of Inkheart allows her stories to take her where they want to go. I can believe it, the plot does ramble a bit. Characters are a bit blurred, they come and go and their behavioural role is never clearly defined. That fuzziness does mean that you never know what's going to happen next but also leads to a bit of confusion. It works better in a book where characters have more development room but in a movie things ought to be a bit tighter.All the family with the exception of the very young well enjoy Inkheart. The loud score and moderate threat in the exciting bits will worry the under fives. The tone of the movie it's more likely to be a little more attractive to girls than boys.

mc_croucher When I read the book, I was sincerely disappointed. I was extremely unwilling to watching the film thinking it was going to be as boring as the book. However, when I started the film I was more impressed. I loved the character DustFinger in both the book and the film. I also loved that he stated that the book didn't define him and that he was going to rewrite his history. Also, just like in the book I hated Capricorn. HAHA you die!!! So I give Inkheart a 7 instead of an 8 because while it was better than the book it didn't stay entirely with the book also. I don't like it when films don't go with the books entirely, however taking film class I can understand why they change things. 7/10

p-stepien Within our world special men exist with the ability to transgress from our reality into that of what they read, able to pull out elements of the told story. These special beings are called Silvertongues. Not all are fully aware of their power, often only evidencing this trait when it is already too late. Such is the curse of Mortimer, also known as Mo (Brendan Fraser), who discovered the gift whilst reading a bedtime story to his daughter Meggie (Eliza Bennett). The book "Inkheart" brings into our reality the malicious Basta (Jamie Foreman) and his henchmen, as well as the fire-juggler Dustfinger (Paul Bettany), meanwhile trapping his wife (Sienna Guillory) into the story. Left to singlehandedly bring up Meggie, Mo never gives up on attempting to retrieve his entrapped beloved. Basta, however, remains too fond of this world and destroys any found copies of the obscure fantasy novel, whilst simultaneously planning to overtake this world through utilising the force hidden in Mo's voice.Brendan Fraser found himself a sweet niche, as a hapless hero, aimlessly stumbling to victory and heroism with charm abound. "Inkheart" however fails to offer him much material to truly work with, supplanting a swiftly engaging and fantastic story with a tired schematic leading to a culmination that fizzle, instead of bangs. Despite being tied to the power of words, the dialogue reeks of repetitive banter with little focus on creating a stirring backdrop in enticing characters. Instead they slowly inhabit the screen, more odd presences than fully flung characters (such as a young thief invoked from the "Arabian Nights"). Even the seemingly dramatic events as Mo and Meggie finally reuniting with Resa after 12 years in Inkheart oblivion lack any dramatic pull, hardly registering as key plot points. The elements to make a good tale do linger in the background, however far-fetched and logically fallible the base premise, but there is no magic, instead a tired connect-the-dots to the final battle. The touches of CGI magic do cause a slight stir, but in this day and age the backbone for mindless satisfaction needs to be much sturdier. Definitely no Never-Ending Story...

naryuki I read the summary of this movie and I thought that it's going to be good. I loved the idea of someone bringing books to life. I would be totally in for that. So back to the movie. I liked the acting and the casting. There weren't Oscar worthing acting but they were good for the movie. As for the story, I haven't read the books so I don't know how the story actually goes, but I would have loved to see an instalment or two to this movie. It was a little bit rushed when it is the kind-of-series material. But in general, it is definitely a movie for a Saturday afternoon with the family. It will leave you with a smile on your face.