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		List Price: $35.99		Label: New Line Home Entertainment Salesrank: 5161 Released: June 23, 2009
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		MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Media: Blu-ray

Editorial Review:
When Mo Folchart reads a story, the characters leap off the page. Literally. And that's a problem. Mo must somehow use his special powers to send the interlopers back to their world…and save ours. If ever a task was easier read than done, this is it. Mo and his daughter Meggie, aided by friends real and fictional, plunge into a thrilling quest that pits them against diabolical villains, fantastic beasts and dangers at every turn. Brendan Fraser (The Mummy films, Journey to the Center of the Earth) leads a splendid cast (including Academy Award winners* Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent) in an all-fun, all-family film of Cornelia Funke's bestseller. Follow Mo and Meggie into adventure more exciting than any ever read. Because it's adventure they're going to live!

Description of Inkheart (+ BD-Live) [Blu-ray]:
"I prefer a story that has the good sense to stay on the page--where it belongs!" declares Elinor Loredan (Helen Mirren, in fine upper-crust form) in Inkheart, a rollicking adventure that appeals to adults as well as tweens and teens. But if Elinor got what she wanted, viewers would not--for the delicious premise of the film (based on Cornelia Funke's best-selling novel is that book lover Mo Folchart (Brendan Fraser) has discovered a way to bring book characters to life. That means that adorable Toto from The Wizard of Oz is suddenly yapping under Mo's daughter Meggie's (Eliza Bennett) bed. But it also means that somewhere, a real person or thing has been sucked into the book world--battling flying monkeys and evildoers that suddenly are real threats. The film is crisply directed by Iain Softley, and Fraser and his costars (including Mirren, Paul Bettany, and Jim Broadbent) are worthy, watchable characters who appear to be having as much fun as the audience. And the film's pro-book message will please young book readers, and their parents, who know that a good adventure in one's imagination can never be rivaled by anything on any screen, of any size. --A.T. Hurley

Inkheart (+ BD-Live) [Blu-ray] Reviews:
Not Bad, worth watching
2009-12-14 - This was a pretty good movie. The whole idea about that you could read characters out of the book was a great idea...Something no one has ever created a movie about before.

wholesome family entertainment
2009-12-13 - First of all, it should be stated that Inkheart is NOT a horror movie- it's a fantasy/adventure film. The description can be misleading.

It's probably more of a childrens story, but it's a pretty good one nonetheless, and adults like myself shouldn't have a problem watching a film like this.

What makes the film so entertaining is that it's about a father who has this amazing ability to bring to life the fictional characters from any book he reads. We find out later his daughter has the same talent.

The storyline focuses on the father and daughter going on a quest to find the wife/mother who supposedly got stuck inside a book. You see, every time a fictional creature comes out of a book, a person from the real world has to go inside the book, in exchange.

You are later introduced to other amazing characters that have special talents, such as one man being able to light things on fire whenever he wants, and the book writer himself (who kind of looks like Robin Williams as Mrs. Doubtfire, haha).

Most of the fantasy storytelling takes place inside a castle in the mountains, and throughout the movie strange events occur as a result of the father (played by Brendan Fraser) making those things happen.

That huge creature with orange eyes that makes an appearance at the very end is going to haunt my dreams!! That darn thing is SCARY!!

Overall, the acting is really good overall, the adventurous aspect of the storyline is nailed pretty smoothly (but let's be honest here, this film is no Harry Potter) and everything is in fine order. Worth watching with the kids.

uneven but enjoyable overall
2009-11-30 - ***1/2

In "Inkheart," based on the best-selling novel by Cornelia Funke, Brendan Fraser plays what is known in literary circles as a "silver-tongue" - a person with the rare ability to make characters he is reading about come miraculously to life. Literally. Unfortunately, this is one talent Mo might well wish he didn`t possess, for the consequences both to himself and to his family have been disastrous to say the very least. For one night, while reading a fantasy novel called "Inkheart" to his little girl, not only does Mo inadvertently unleash all the disreputable villains and creatures who reside within its pages onto an unsuspecting world, but his own wife becomes trapped inside the story (the rule, apparently, is that for every person who comes out of a book, another must go in to take his place). Nine years later, Mo and his now twelve-year-old daughter, Meggie (Eliza Bennett), roam the world's antique bookshops looking for a copy of the work in the hopes that he will be able to read his wife back out of it. The trouble really begins when the characters Mo unleashed earlier finally catch up with him and Meggie, kidnap them - along with Meggie's mouthy Aunt Elinor (Helen Mirren) - then cart them off to an isolated castle so Mo can read more characters out of the book for them.

As written by David Lindsay-Abaire and directed by Iain Softley, "Inkheart" isn't as captivating as the recent and somewhat similar "The Fall," but the movie has enough energy and imagination to allow even the most cynical among us to suspend our disbelief for the duration and join in the fun. In its attempts to blend realism with fantasy, the screenplay doesn't always make perfect sense, but most audience members will be willing to overlook an inconsistency or two for the sake of the experience.

And quite an experience it turns out to be, with glorious vistas and exotic images effectively complementing the oddball characters and fairy tale settings. The large and genial cast does a fine job with their roles, with veteran character actors such as Mirren, Paul Bettany and Jim Broadbent (as the author of the original fiction) lending more than a touch of class to the proceedings.

And although the last third of the movie slithers to pieces in a welter of action movie clichés and Middle Earth cheesiness, the first two-thirds, at least, provide decent fun for both the young and the not-so-young who accompany them in their viewing.

One of the best movies of 2009
2009-11-25 - Sometimes, the timing of a movie's release is more important to its success than the movie's content itself. This may help explain the success, or lack there-of, of this movie. Released in early 2009, it quickly fell of the big theater chains and ended up in the cheap matinees. It received zero Academy Award nominations, and barely registered a blip when released on DVD. How so? The movie has an innovative plot, features a large cast of good actors and actresses, has both male and female leads and supporting roles, has good special effects, and is appropriate for almost all age groups. The reason why this movie bombed is timing. If this movie came out ten years ago, it would have been a blockbuster. But in the past decade we have the LOTR trilogy, the Harry Potter franchise, two Narnia movies, and a whole host of other fantasy movies, all of whom have bigger casts, better cinematography, more exotic locales and grander action scenes than Inkheart. So for 2009, a movie like Inkheart is old hat for most of the US movie-going audience. This is unfortunate as this is Brendan Fraser's best movie. It is neither ridiculous like Monkeybone, Dudley Do Right or his other comedies. And it is not a mindless action flick like the Mummy movies. No, this movie has a great story, and his role is probably the most realistic of all his movies. Helen Mirren also plays a good supporting actress role. And Jennifer Connely and Paul Bettany both make appearances, where they play husband and wife. Overall, a great movie.

A good light hearted movie. Would have madea better TV series.
2009-11-18 - I would recommand this movie to anyone that is in need of a good light hearted story. Performances from all actors are fantastic. Helen Mirren and Paul Bettany steal every scene they`re in. The story however feels all over the place. As other reviwers have mention, "Inkheart" had all the makings for great movie, a very talented cast, a good concept, set designs,and effects. The list could relly go on, but the story of "Inkheart" could have used more time to tell it`s story, rather than a mere 100 mins.


I will admit if it was not for this movie I would have never heard of Cornelia Funke or her books.

I just started reading the original book and I can honestly say this would been a great mini-series or an actural tv series. Saying that, if any network decided to do a series for Inkheart, I `d pity the actor filling the shoes of Dustfinger after Mr. Bettany `s performance.