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Great Fun for Everyone!
by stevenh (movies profile)
Mar 14, 2008
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57 people found this review helpful
Ladies and Gentleman, this is one of the very few G rated movies of 2007. And it's a winner.
SYNOPSIS
Mr. Magorium is about a magical (really magical) toy store owned by the 243-year-old title character (Hoffman), where Molly Mahoney (Portman) works as a clerk. She wants to be a great pianist and composer, and she feels she has to grow in some way, perhaps giving up playing with children's toys all day long. Mr. Magorium has other ideas -- he brings in a stuffy accountant, Henry aka The Mutant (Bateman), to get the store's financial affairs in order so Magorium can bequeath the store to Mahoney.
ACTING
Hoffman is always gold. Jason Bateman is funny as always, and Portman (who has a bad rap for acting in Star Wars) is actually capable of Oscar worthy performances (see "V for Vendetta") and is gorgeous and lovable.
SUMMARY
Your kids'll love it (mine were enchanted, and they're tweens) and you will too. |
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