Inkheart

Bad Movie

Has interesting ideas about literature, storytelling and authorship/readership, but abandons them and opts for a fantasy-romp route which is poorly constructed, disappointing and unengaging. The cast is out of place with the exception of Paul Bettany, who is as always stellar. He should seriously be in every movie - every scene he occupies is a joy to watch regardless of everything else. Its ok, but the squandered potential (cast-wise as well as story-wise) is annoying. Jennifer Connelly? What?

I enjoyed this adaptation of the book and thought it was imaginative and interesting. I'd read the book, and though I was occasionally disappointed with the changes made in the movie, I was mostly excited to see the adaptation.

Rufflesack was right: the story contains some elements about storytelling and litteral character development, but the output overlook all possible depth with them. I found only Andy Serkis to have some sense of his character, but even his part was badly written. The plot has too many holes to repeat here and Jennifer Connelly was mere a background actor.

I LIKED THE IDEA FOR THE MOVIE BUT IT WAS NOT THAT GOOD.

(1.) Gollum sucked as a bad guy. (2.) I must be a simpleton because this movie greatly confused me. (3.) It made no damn sense. ::shrugs::

I love this book, and really enjoyed the movie. For me, it was a different feel than the book-not as dark, much more humor. I thinking knowing that, I will enjoy the movie even more next time I see it. Also, some things were changed (especially towards the end) but I can understand why they were changed as they were. In all, I really liked the film (great acting, good script, lovely scenery) but it is different from what I was expecting-however, that isn't a bad thing per say, just different.

Cool concept, bad execution. A shame, because you could see a bunch of jazzed production team folks working their hearts out on this. Could not salvage the script.

If you enjoy sweet kid fantasy, like labyrinth, you could do a lot worse than this one

Watched as a kid. Have no memory of this.

An unfortunately rushed adaptation of a book that was more about literature, relationships, and humanity than the action and suspense that this aims for. All the characters thoughts, feelings, and story subtext are explained through rapid-fire dialogue in an attempt to keep the audience informed. Bettany and Broadbent are highlights (Mirren is misused), but wasted by poor direction and bumbling co-stars.

There is something about this movie that I just want to like but that thing just wasn't quite there for me. I was glad to see Brendan Fraser back at it. He was surrounded by good actors. The story was interesting. It just felt flat. I'm not sure if it's because they were drawing from popular fiction or because the script seemed dead at times but there was something missing. The villains are great especially Andy Serkis. It is a good movie. It's just not as great as I had hoped.

figures that this is what brendan fraser did after the mummy series finally dried up.

It's a great concept and this could have made a good movie, but all the other aspects, from directing to the actuel plot, were poorly managed. It amazed me how old this film looked.

So tedious with oddly little imagination, it's also predictable and poorly acted.

D+

The concept is GREAT, and the cast truly was wisely chosen. The issue is that the writer didn't seem to know where to GO with it. The plot idea is there, but it falls apart more and more throughout the movie, leaving gaping-holes at every turn and constantly raising the "Uh...." response. Had the potential to be amazing, but is overall a let-down.

A fun, original tale that does the book some justice. Paul Bettany is so good that it is a shame the second book was never adapted.

It's passable as family entertainment,, but really nothing else. Bland, uninspired, dull, generic, the only thing standing out being Paul Bettany's character, but even then, it's not hard to stand out as a mole hill in a prairie.

A great concept, but all of its potential is lost in the movie. Bad acting, lots of plot holes and the ending is completely out of place and without any logic to it. I, despite what looks to be everyone, really like Brendan Fraser, but even he couldn't save the movie.

I would pay money to never have to watch Brendan Fraser do anything ever again.

It feels like there's a decent and heartfelt story beneath all this, but sadly we only get to see glimpses of it. I haven't read the book, so I can't compare, but the script for the film is lazy, conventional and utterly uninspired. Brendan Frasier is terrible, as usual. Despite its many flaws, the movie is still perfectly watchable. Just don't have high expectations.

It's a shame this didn't do well at the box office. Great action fantasy!

A bit generic and predictable, especially the ending. Nothing really stood out for me.

Interesting premise ruined by a clunky hole-ridden plot, bad pacing and a lack of heart. Serkis is underused as the villain and Fraser is as bad as in everything else he appears in. There's also a long list of respected actors doing themselves very little favour by appearing here.

There's a good idea in here somewhere but it's a poor fantasy film with a mixed cast

Quite the strange mix of magic and creativity in this film.The story moved along nicely with plenty of action, over the top computer graphics and somewhat sappy storyline. This is a feel good movie, with bad guys brought out of the middle ages, unearthly creatures as well as quite a few familiar characters from different fictional stories. The ending was predictable but we knew it had to have a happy ending. I quite enjoyed watching this even if it was quite silly most of the time.

Decent enough I guess

A film with an interesting concept: the writer can bring stories to life... but the cost is high... Brendan Fraser is awful as ever, but Bettany, Dame Mirren and Serkis are enthralling. Many, many extra points for the final song, too...

Pretty good story. I've never read the book, but it was an interesting plot. It's pretty underrated, and overlooked. It is a really good kids movie, but as an adult it does at times feel a bit generic. Still I had fun with it. There are quite a few references to classic literature (usually fantasy). Brendan Fraser is stiff, but that's what he plays best, and it works for the most part. I thought Andy Serkis was excellent. This is the first time I've seen him in a non motion capture role.

Not the greatest movie I've seen that's based on a book that I didn't read. It's not bad. The cast is good and it's entertaining regardless. A good, average movie that's just kind of there.

"A literary fantasy with a charm deficit." - Bill Weber

Even ignoring the fact that this film is a terrible adaptation of the book, as a standalone film it's quite horrible. Perhaps in an attempt to cover most of the bases of the book, the film tries to cram in far too much, often skipping over gaping plot holes, hiding behind melodramatic acting and forced dialogue. All suspense is killed by the continuous development and immediate revelation of any mysteries in the story. I'd stick to the book.

One of the worst films I have ever seen and certainly the worst adventure. Helen Mirren, Brendan Fraser and Paul Bettany gives career-worst perfomances and the two kids are plain horrible. Extremely dull and boring. My score goes solely to the Shadowmonster at the end.

Jennifer Connelly was in this??

not bad

Maybe if this was directed by Michel Gondry it wouldn't be awful

a widely overlooked kids fantasy movie, but really, it's actually pretty good. your not going to find any oscar worthy stuff in this, but it is entertaining, very at that.

if you like fairytales you ll love it. if you like reading books this film gives you ride. waiting other ink books to be filmed.

A film with Helen Mirren riding a Unicorn can't suck. Not brilliant, but a good family adventure.

Brendan Fraser, please stop

Interesting idea it is just a shame that all the good bits were in the trailer. I'm a sucker for fantasy films but this was just rather boring. Great idea with a good cast just the plot didn't pull together well and left me feeling that it could have been a whole lot better

Beautiful. I cried. Twice.

loved all 3 books. loved the movie, too (watched twice in 3 days). better than Harry Potter imho

One of the lamer "fantasy" movies you'll see. At least I find Brendan Fraser kind of entertaining.

Just to pass time.

Uma históriazeca para entreter.

eng; [Tintenherz]; durch das laute vorlesen aus büchern kommt das gelesene in die reale welt

You will like this movie if you had not read the book (like me).

enchanting childrens film :) wasn't too sure about it at first but really good overall.

"...this gets by on a good heart, high adventure and an unashamed love for books."

"Absolutely adorable and enormously entertaining."

Awsome movie!! Great job by Brandon Fraiser and Hellen Mirran. I was surprised not to hear any bad words.. just awsome!!