At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

I enjoyed reading the books before watching this movie. They were well written. This movie follows the books very closely and is very entertaining. Sure, there is some stupid, but at least its very well done for the most part. I would recommend watching this movie.

to adapt a significant book is only a challenge. because the result is , always, under the expectations of a part of public. the solution - to read again. with your voice and mind and eyes and experiences. this is the motif why "Inkheart" is not really an adaptation. but a sort of experiment. seductive, reasonable, decent. but the message remains the same from the book. same remains the imagination as tool for discover, in new light, all the well - known truths, more time ignored. it is a show and a touching story. a nice film and a not bad occasion for Brendan Fraser to remains a good surprise. sure, the hills are Hellen Mirren and Paul Bettany. but this is far to be a real surprise.

Within our world special men exist with the ability to transgress from our reality into that of what they read, able to pull out elements of the told story. These special beings are called Silvertongues. Not all are fully aware of their power, often only evidencing this trait when it is already too late. Such is the curse of Mortimer, also known as Mo (Brendan Fraser), who discovered the gift whilst reading a bedtime story to his daughter Meggie (Eliza Bennett). The book "Inkheart" brings into our reality the malicious Basta (Jamie Foreman) and his henchmen, as well as the fire-juggler Dustfinger (Paul Bettany), meanwhile trapping his wife (Sienna Guillory) into the story. Left to singlehandedly bring up Meggie, Mo never gives up on attempting to retrieve his entrapped beloved. Basta, however, remains too fond of this world and destroys any found copies of the obscure fantasy novel, whilst simultaneously planning to overtake this world through utilising the force hidden in Mo's voice.Brendan Fraser found himself a sweet niche, as a hapless hero, aimlessly stumbling to victory and heroism with charm abound. "Inkheart" however fails to offer him much material to truly work with, supplanting a swiftly engaging and fantastic story with a tired schematic leading to a culmination that fizzle, instead of bangs. Despite being tied to the power of words, the dialogue reeks of repetitive banter with little focus on creating a stirring backdrop in enticing characters. Instead they slowly inhabit the screen, more odd presences than fully flung characters (such as a young thief invoked from the "Arabian Nights"). Even the seemingly dramatic events as Mo and Meggie finally reuniting with Resa after 12 years in Inkheart oblivion lack any dramatic pull, hardly registering as key plot points. The elements to make a good tale do linger in the background, however far-fetched and logically fallible the base premise, but there is no magic, instead a tired connect-the-dots to the final battle. The touches of CGI magic do cause a slight stir, but in this day and age the backbone for mindless satisfaction needs to be much sturdier. Definitely no Never-Ending Story...

I really really enjoyed this movie. I'm very picky when choosing what movie to watch. Frankly, I only knew a little about this movie at first but was compelled to watch it for an odd reason. Also, I didn't hear the best reviews about this movie from surrounding people. The acting was well-played by all the cast members. It's definitely a fantasy but not a childish one at all. It keeps you guessing in the beginning. I tried to put the pieces of the puzzle together before it's all revealed and I found it amusing whether I was wrong or right. Brendan Fraser was a good in acting as he usually is, but I found the fictional book characters such as Paul Bettany and even Rafi Gavron displayed great acting skills that made the book characters so believable. I did not read the book, so I have nothing to compared this movie to. Still, if you want something exciting, then watch this movie.