Inkheart

such a wonderful actress and she gets what??!! 20 seconds of acting?? she didn't do even a line!! .. i don't get it, do they hope for a sequel or is this it??.. other than that, to predictable movie, good for... Full review

I only watched this movie because the trailer looked new and the idea was an interesting one. I liked the movie but throughout the first half, you get the feeling that there is something big coming up and you just can't... Full review

Mortimer "Mo" Folchart (Brendan Fraser) and his 12-year-old daughter, Meggie (Eliza Hope Bennett), share a passion for books. What they also share is an extraordinary gift for bringing characters from books to life when they read aloud. But there is a... Full review

This film is about a man who possesses a magical power that can bring the characters of books into real life. The story is simple and predictable, which also means it is followable and understandable. Paul Bettany's role and his performance... Full review

Any movie that teaches kids to read is a good film! It gets kids interested in reading the classics. A great family entertainment! I recommend this one! Great show! Now I will have to check out the novel as well!... Full review

Watching Inkheart kept me entertained the entire time. It was marvelous, and those critics who gave it a lesser score, just don't like movies that entertain you! Sorry I do....... Full review

this is a great movie,cant wait for it to come out on dvd,will defiantly watch it again and again,acting was good,had a little bit of every thing in this movie,excellent movie... Full review

Avoiding the book vs. movie arguement, I found this film surprisingly well done. It was approached with seriousness and compassion for the characters. I am surprised that some critics think it used a lot of cliches, because I thought it steered... Full review

I saw "Inkheart" the day it came out... I found it very boring. The story was exciting... when you read the synopsis online. They did NOT explain it in the best way. Maybe I was tired when I watched it, but... Full review

Let me begin by saying I have read the book and most of the second. When I saw the trailer, there were so many elements I could not place that I presumed this film would be some combination of all three... Full review

played wonderfully by Helen Mirren.....As stated already, Helen Mirren was splendid and the perfect choice for Elinor.......Though I haven't seen much of either of those two, they seemed to have nice chemistry.... ... Full Review

it never seems anywhere near as magical.....You can see the tale's problem:.... ... Full Review

Of the entire imagined-shit-coming-to-life-and-causing-chaos sub genre that has bombarded the family friendly calendar slots in the last year or so ( Bedtime Stories , Night At The Museum , Imagine That ) Inkheart is certainly the best.....In the end, for all its lush production design, glossy visuals and like-clockwork set pieces, it's impossible to escape the feeling....Lastly Eliza Bennett reads to us a few of her favorite passages from the Inkheart novel..... ... Full Review

It has an appealing premise (despite a sort of subversive subtext that may be indicating reading can be "dangerous"), fine actors....it is visually interesting, especially in the last third.....Dialogue is crisp and clear....the score is well mixed into the overall soundtrack..... ... Full Review

if Inkheart were a better film.....If a story gets boring, you can always skip a few pages and move on.....No doubt many people will love Inkheart....Mirren is the film's most spirited and appealing character.....The effects were great, but that was the trouble..... ... Full Review

This colorful, vivacious adaptation of Cornelia Funke's illustrated novel stars Brendan Fraser as a "silvertongue," someone whose reading of a book brings the characters into his world, but also removes one living person into the book's world. ... Full Article

My daughter and I are Brendan Fraser fans but I must admit that not all of his roles have been good ones. This is one of those roles. ... Full Article

CHICAGO - Iain Softley's "Inkheart" is about a man who can literally read characters into existence. They pop off the page and into reality. Sadly, the film that tells his story is shockingly dull and inert, a movie that is... ... Full Article

Connect to Facebook/Twitter, recommend via email and much more. One of the problems that Warner/New Line may have faced with their 2008 fantasy "Inkheart" was that it followed another children's fantasy adventure with a similar theme, "Bedtime Stories," by only... ... Full Article

When Mo Folchart reads a story, the characters leap off the page. Literally. And that's a problem. Mo must somehow use his special powers to send the interlopers back to their world - and save ours. ... Full Article

New Line, $28.98, Blu-ray $35.99, with featurettes and digital copy, available Tuesday.: C B rendan Fraser has made a career playing the straight-laced, scholarly hero in such fantasy films as "Journey to the Center of the Earth" and "The Mummy." ... Full Article