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Inkheart
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PG,1hr 46min
Released:
January 23, 2009
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Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line Cinema
Synopsis: Author Cornelia Funke's best-selling children's novel comes to vivid life on the big screen with this family-friendly tale about a bookbinder whose storytelling skills possess the curious power to transport the characters he speaks about into the real world. When a nefarious villain from a bedtime story that the father is currently reading to his daughter emerges to kidnap the stunned storyteller, it's up to the young girl and her adventurous friends -- both real and imaginary -- to bring dad back ... Full Synopsis
Critics' Reviews
Mirren's all-out display in this distinctly British absurdo-literary extravaganza had me wishing Elinor were my own fabulous auntie and that she'd lend me some magic items from her closet. Full Review
Metascore
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47
Mixed or Average Reviews
out of 100
Featured Cast
Mortimer "Mo" Folchart/Silvertongue
Dustfinger
Fenoglio
Photos
A scene from "Inkheart" (Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line Cinema)
Eliza Hope Bennett in "Inkheart" (Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line Cinema)
Eliza Hope Bennett and Brendan Fraser in "Inkheart" (Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line Cinema)
Paul Bettany in "Inkheart" (Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line Cinema)
Brendan Fraser and Jim Broadbent in "Inkheart" (Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line Cinema)
Paul Bettany in "Inkheart" (Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line Cinema)
Helen Mirren in "Inkheart" (Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line Cinema)
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