...kid-friendly and kid-safe, but that's about all that can be said on its behalf.
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11/16/07
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007)
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Reviews Counted:120
Fresh:44
Rotten:76
Average Rating:4.9/10
Consensus: Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium's title is much more fun that the film itself, as the colorful visuals and talented players can't make up for a bland story.
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Genre: Childrens
US Box Office: $31,920,538
Synopsis: In writer-director Zach Helm's whimsical 2007 film, MR. MAGORIUM'S WONDER EMPORIUM, veteran actor Dustin Hoffman plays the title character, a 243-year-old toy-store owner who is ready to pass his... [More]
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Jason Bateman, Zach Mills
Director: Zach Helm
Reviews for Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
There's so much whimsy here that whimsy-averse parents in the audience may imagine their own rhyming title for the film: 'Mr. Magorium's Vomitorium.'
11/16/07
Its straightforward simplicity aims it squarely at the kiddies and the kiddies alone, but that's okay -- few films intended for children these days are this gentle, this plainly decent.
11/16/07
Whimsy is not portioned out cordially in Mr. Magorium, it's shot out of a cannon...reserved only for those with the capability to embrace deafening big screen magic.
11/16/07
...arely registers on the screen.
11/16/07
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium is a lighthearted and less noxious Night at the Museum.
11/16/07
The cast mingles in happy harmony, and the film is effortlessly cheerful and often quite funny.
11/15/07
I am utterly charmed by its imagination and sweetness, by its clever wizardry and inspired bizarreness.
11/15/07
If you took "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure" and a gallon of super-sweet cake frosting and put them in a giant industrial blender set to "suck," this is exactly the kind of bile-inducing bon-bon that might result.
11/15/07
A tediously unimaginative short story run amok that will somehow put kids to sleep who are already sleeping and maybe wake up adults who were overly harsh on Barry Levinson for Toys.
11/15/07
Even with Dustin Hoffman trying to do his best Johnny Depp impression, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium needs more amazement and excitement.
11/15/07
a nice place to get lost for a few hours.
11/15/07
A fluffy cotton candy confection that can't be bothered to manufacture any legitimate dramatic tension.
11/15/07
What could have been a charmingly whimsical children's book becomes an arch and sugary movie, its failures of tone and timing hitting its lightweight storyline like a blast of cold air on a fragile souffle. This is one flat souffle.
11/15/07
Writer/director Zach Helm achieves bursts of charm and whimsy, but not quite enough magic to elicit a consistent sense of wonderment.
11/15/07
Top CriticThe film has just enough charm to win over at least a few in the audience, even if it's not quite as wondrous as its title might have you believe.
11/15/07
Instantly forgettable except that it contains the worst performance of Dustin Hoffman's long and illustrious career.
11/15/07
It's well made, and adults likely will find themselves yielding to its gentle, whimsical charm.
11/15/07
Wonder is the key, and it's lacking in a major way. Should you decide to see it anyway, you might wonder what you're doing there.
11/15/07
The one happy side effect of the film's lack of energy is that it won't result in a raging headache, but that isn't much of an endorsement.
11/15/07
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