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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 22 Jan 2009

[U]nquestionably for children, but unlike many children's movies, it does not assume kids are stupid or will respond only to toilet humor or…

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By Willie Waffle (1,383) for WaffleMovies.com (1,380) on 22 Jan 2009

It's not that Inkheart is horrible or stupid or has something about it that scars you so badly and deeply you will never want to go to the…

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By Ross Anthony (612) for Hollywood Report Card (612) on 22 Jan 2009

Beautiful cinematography, good direction, solid supporting actors, interestingly enough story, despite its predictability, but the main character…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for Cinematical (752) on 22 Jan 2009

Despite its interest in creative expression, Inkheart's hurried pace, shorthand characterizations and regularly scheduled set-pieces obliterate…

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By Sean Axmaker (1,564) for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (2,422) on 22 Jan 2009

Inkheart feels a little confused in its tone and direction, but only a little, and I appreciate the way it both celebrates the power of literature…

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By Bill Gibron (1,013) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 22 Jan 2009

Purposefully confusing and, on occasion, downright indefensible…

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By Sue Pierman (154) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 22 Jan 2009

Despite his name, [director] Softley plays it with a heavy hand, distracting viewers with lots of action, hideous makeup and garish costumes,…

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By Bill Clark (530) for FromTheBalcony (528) on 22 Jan 2009

Plot holes notwithstanding, Inkheart is a well-timed and well-made family film that seems too good for the traditional January dumping grounds…

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By Matt Stevens (135) for E! Online (838) on 22 Jan 2009

While the story proves the pen is mightier than the sword, this flaccid adaptation proves the book is mightier than the film…

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By Sheri Linden (962) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 22 Jan 2009

With no unifying sensibility, the magic thuds more often than it soars…

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By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 22 Jan 2009

A kids' adventure movie can be a lot of things -- wild and woolly, loosey-goosey, full of foolishness -- but they should never be shabby…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 22 Jan 2009

Not since the thunderous digital onslaughts of Jumanji has the big screen seen such too-muchness…

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By Prairie Miller (985) for NewsBlaze (855) on 22 Jan 2009

Making a movie about the magic to be found in reading books, is a little like General Motors singing the praises of riding a bike instead…

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By Marc Savlov (2,019) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 22 Jan 2009

Inkheart was shot in and around Liguria on the Italian Riviera, and it looks absolutely ravishing…

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By Lisa Schwarzbaum (1,672) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 22 Jan 2009

Mirren's all-out display in this distinctly British absurdo-literary extravaganza had me wishing Elinor were my own fabulous auntie and that…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 22 Jan 2009

Take some bits from Harry Potter and Arabian Nights, loads from The Wizard of Oz and mix with an original story that we never even get to hear…

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By Andrea Chase (1,182) for Killer Movie Reviews (1,182) on 22 Jan 2009

There is nothing that resembles fun anywhere…

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By Amy Nicholson (961) for I.E. Weekly (269) on 22 Jan 2009

We leave doubly convinced that words are better left squat, inert, and black on the page…

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By Tasha Robinson (753) for AV Club (2,778) on 22 Jan 2009

The story itself is so charmingly dense, fractious, and complicated that it frequently leaves the obvious good-guy-fights-bad-guy groove, and…

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By Kent Turner (504) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 22 Jan 2009

Similar to the movie adaptation of Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass (Knopf, 1996), the filmmakers shoehorn most of the book's plot into…

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