A young girl lost in the loneliness and boredom of reality finds solace in an ill boy, whom she can visit in a surreal dream world that she drew in her school composition book.
Paperhouse has generally received positive reviews.
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Review of Paperhouse (1988)
By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 25 Aug 2004
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Paperhouse was released in 1988 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 87 reviews, giving Paperhouse (1988) an average rating of 67%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 100%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 80%. Professional critics were more impressed with Paperhouse than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 67%, Paperhouse is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1988, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 1988 with similar scores include films like Child's Play, Young Guns and The Fountain.
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