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Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium [2007]
from Icon Home Entertainment
starring Jason Bateman, Dustin Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Zach Mills
directed by Zach Helm

Features:

• PAL

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0

• Magical
  Let me make this clear first. I didn't watch this film with any children, nor am I some sort of child in a mans body. I'm a lover of movies that seek to entertain, inspire and teach. Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium does all three and the supporting cast to Dustin Hoffman really make this movie work.
  Dustin Hoffman plays the eccentric toy shop owner who's over 240 years old and a believer in magic. One day he tells his dependable shop manager, Mahoney played by Natalie Portman that he's "Leaving."... more info

• Good, but not enough
  The movie is pretty good, but it could have been so much better. The problem is that it is evident the fact that the director was not sure where to get at. The action is confused at times, almost 'shifty'.
  And I was very disappointed by the way it ended. You can imagine what will happen next, but too much is left unresolved.
  A pity because I really liked Dustin Hoffman in this movie!

• what you need to believe in, is you
  A nice little film to watch that makes you want to believe in magic. A film about never giving up, being independant and believing in youself.Portman and Hoffman give good performances and after watching you are left with a nice warm, fuzzy feeling inside.

• A family film that will bore both kids and adults
  It's almost as if the writers couldn't quite make up their minds whether this film was going to be a kids film that adults could enjoy, or a grown up film that brings out the kid in us, but in the end it ends up being neither.
  Mr Magorium is over 200 years old and wants to finally hang up his boots and hand his magical toy shop over to his assistant. But unfortunately she's not particularly keen and, sensing this, the toys start taking things into their own hands.
  The story, which is very thin at... more info

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