Daily Plastic: Inkheart

Movie	Our Take	Other Takes
Inkheart Trailer . IMDB	No one mentions Harry Potter in the film, but that was clearly on the minds of its producers and screenwriters. Inkheart tries to summon the magic and utterly fails. Part of the problem is that the movie feels cheap. J. Robert Parks Daily Plastic	Celebrate reading? Inkheart feels a little confused in its tone and direction, but only a little, and I appreciate the way it both celebrates the power of literature and reminds us that stories have a life beyond the page, even if they are only in our hearts and minds. Sean Axmaker Seattle Post-Intelligencer ...good. Celebrate moviegoing? Not realizing that Inkheart is based on a famous fantasy novel, I had the foolish hope the movie might be about books. No luck. Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Because the movie fails to create a dense fantasy atmosphere - the kind you can swim in, the way you "sink into" a book - the problems start right there.... I grew to wish the filmmakers had built more of the fantasy around Mo's day-to-day profession of saving wounded tomes. Michael Sragow Baltimore Sun Hmmm. Back to reading? It all smacks of that overdone "passion for literature" common in English teachers who send any healthy-minded kid running from books. Nick Pinkerton Village Voice Oops!

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