“Mr. Magorium” unabashedly yearns to rouse the child in all of us, and it’s easy to root for such amiable intentions. Where the movie finally falls short is in the gap between telling you a miraculous ...
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium is a rare thing in this day and age. It's a G-rated family film which doesn't pander to its market. It's the kind of film Disney should be making. As conceived by writer ...
In a season filled with depressing movies for adults, someone’s finally thought to give equal time to the kids. This was not necessarily a good instinct. “Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium,” an inventive ...
Mr. Magorium is 243 years old, he informs us. He has possibly survived so long by being incapable of boredom. Life for him is a daily adventure, which he shares with the children who pack into his ...
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - One of the central characters in "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" longs to achieve the "sparkle" that shows she's inspired and expressing her highest potential. The ...
Consciously aspiring to a fairy-tale feel, “Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium” deserves credit not so much for originality but simply for being original, as opposed to derived from a book, toy or game.
Unlike most of the films made by Walden Media, the family fantasy Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium is not based on a beloved children’s classic book. But that’s exactly how it feels with its nostalgic ...
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Dustin Hoffman, under some scary eyebrows, plays the titular Mr. Magorium. He’s a 243 year-old ...
Xpress' 6th grade reviewer offers her thoughts on Pixar's latest gem. Were it not for an altogether too rushed, abrupt and not completely satisfying ending, Zach Helm’s Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium ...
Rain Man , sticks his finger in a socket to electrify his hair and tries to be the Willy Wonka of the toy world. Hoffman plays Mr. Magorium like a 243-year-old eccentric idiot savant who owns what ...
Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium In the director's chair for the first time, Zach Helm and "Magorium" strive to achieve the "sparkle" sought by one of the movie's central characters -- but for all its ...