Comments on: Review: Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium

By: Backpacking Dad

Backpacking Dad — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:57:46 +0000

I took my daughter to see this when it was in the theaters because it looked extremely colorful and kinetic.

I was really disappointed that the last half of the movie was so colorless.

And it played as though based on a book (I’ve never botherd to look), and probably a wonderful book that helps teach kids difficult, advanced words. But if that’s true it’s not much of a basis for something to be transfered to the visual medium.

Dustin Hoffman was good. Natalie Portman bored me.

Flying box thingy? Enh.

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:08:17 +0000

I agree with the “left feeling a bit…eh” but I LOVED the Mutant thing….loved it…giggled everytime :)

Izzy loved it though….and it IS for kids :)

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:02:56 +0000

We just watched it on Saturday. The kids were thrilled by everything in the movie. Who wouldn’t want to visit that kind of toy store?

I liked it, but like you I felt that it could’ve been more. Case in point was that block of wood. I was expecting it to do something wonderful and amazing, but all it did was zip around the room a couple of times.

Oh well, it was an engaging story, and Natalie Portman is always incredibly cute.