Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (Widescreen Edition)
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Actor: Dustin HoffmanDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 94 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-03-04
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: Not for the Family...Senseless waste of time
Summary: 1 Stars
This movie should be avoided for 3 reasons. (1) The movie focuses on the upcoming death of Mr. Magorium. Unless you enjoy discussing death with young children you will be unhappy with this topic. (2) Most of the movie is talking, talking and more talking. There are few...make nearly zero...special effects that are entertaining to children. One special effect is Mr. Magorium dancing on bubble wrap that has been placed on the sidewalk. (Likely the movie producers were on a budget.)(3) The story-line is weak. Merely, Mr. Magorium is dying and he picks his employee of 15 years to succeed him. There is no moral and nothing for children to learn. For these 3 reason, forgetting the slick marketing of this movie and picking any number of tried and true children's movies is the better bet. This is no Willy Wonka movie.
Summary of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (Widescreen Edition)
Equal parts whimsical and bittersweet, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium is a family-friendly movie that will charm youngsters. Dustin Hoffman stars in the titular role of an eccentric 243-year-old owner of a magical toy store. He doesn't appear to be sick, but he has lived a long and happy life and is content to leave his emporium to his employee Molly Mahoney (Natalie Portman). A former child prodigy who has grown up unsure of herself, she barely knows who she is, much less what she wants to become. Molly is both frightened that her beloved boss is leaving and that she will be left in charge of a store she doesn't know how to run. "Are you dying?" she asks him. Magorium points out, "Light bulbs die, my dear. I am departing." His take on death is both comforting and matter of fact, things younger viewers may find soothing when dealing with mortality. Though the film has drawn comparisons to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, this G-rated venture is less dark, curious and interesting than the former. Still, it offers dazzling visuals and a premise that who you are isn't equivalent with who you think you are. Adult moviegoers may find the premise cloying and repetitive. But seen from a child's eye, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium is indeed a magical place for a short visit. --Jae-Ha Kim
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Mr. Magorium (Dustin Hoffman) owns and runs the most magical store in the universe, where all of the toys for sale are alive. But, when the aging shopkeeper decides to retire and sell the business to his faithful cashier (Natalie Portman), he hires an uptight accountant (Jason Bateman) to get his affairs in order.
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