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Inkheart

Overview


Genre :

Fantasy, Adventure

Release Date :

January 23, 2009

MPAA Rating :

PG

Director :

Iain Softley

Starring :

Brendan Fraser, Eliza Bennett, Sienna Guillory, Paul Bettany, Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Andy Serkis, Rafi Gavron, Jamie Foreman

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  5 of 5 [Rate It]

2.5 of 4

“..undeniably engaging..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
2.5 of 4

“..Top-heavy with acting talent, sumptuously photographed and unusually literate..”
by Colin Covert [Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune]
2 of 5

“..the detail and the finer points of the book have been lost in the transition to the big screen..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
3 of 5

“..Magical, if messy..”
by Kim Newman [Empire Magazine]
2 of 5

“..Insufficiently vivid or imaginative..”
by Christopher Tookey [Daily Mail]
3 of 5

“..Enjoyable..”
by Matthew Turner [ViewLondon]
“..brisk, overstuffed..”
by Justin Chang [Variety]
4 of 5
Reviewed by James Christopher [The Times]
Review rate : B
Reviewed by Sean Axmaker [Seattle Post Intelligencer]
3 of 5
Reviewed by David Edwards [Daily Mirror]
3 of 5
Reviewed by David Gritten [Daily Telegraph]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Peter Bradshaw [The Guardian]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by James Berardinelli [Reelviews]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
1.5 of 5
Reviewed by Bill Gibron [Filmcritic.com]
1 of 5
Reviewed by Joe Neumaier [NY Daily News]

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