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(1 - 33) of 33 OFCS Rating: 34% Rotten Page   1   2/5 "Brendan Fraser's boyish face usually oozes charisma, but here he just looks plain bored. Which is kind of how the audience looked too."   Cut Print Review   Anders Wotzke "I understand this is the first offering in an 'Inkheart' trilogy. If so, color me hooked."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker B "Plot holes notwithstanding, Inkheart is a well-timed and well-made family film that seems too good for the traditional January dumping grounds."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark 1.5/5 "purposefully confusing and, on occasion, downright indefensible"   Filmcritic.com   Bill Gibron 1.5/4 "A literary fantasy with a charm deficit."   Slant Magazine   Bill Weber D+ "Inkheart feels as though it has been pulled apart and put back together several times over, leading to a viewing experience that's equal parts bewilderment and tedium."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf C- "Winged monkeys and a minotaur you don't get a good look at make up some of the mediocre special effects in an unsatisfying kid's movie."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 3/5 "For all its problems, it's a sweet, clever work."   DVDTalk.com   David Cornelius 2.5/4 "...an agreeable fantasy epic that's generally elevated by the strength of the various performances..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 2/4 "The finished product teases, but does not fulfill, with what could have been. Having seen Inkheart only days ago, its details have already begun to fade from memory. Great literature and cinema is not this easily forgotten."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman 3/5 "Una aventura entretenida sobre todo para público adolescente, y para todo aquel que haya disfrutado alguna vez de un buen libro de fantasía."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio C- "For a movie about the power of books and stories, it's a bit ironic that Inkheart is itself so poorly thought through."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov C- "A visually overstuffed but emotionally undernourished piece of whimsy...yet another big, overblown fantasy movie that never takes flight."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek "Another fantasy adventure story based on a bestselling book that turns out to be a dud."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 2.5/4 "It's the limitations of the film when considering the nearly limitless possibilities suggested by the premise that make Inkheart a disappointment."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli "Parental Content Review"   Screen It!   Jim Judy 5/10 "When you have to question every other scene and a ferret steals the show, you know you're in trouble."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio "The concept of 'Inkheart' is worthy but the execution leaves viewers' heads caught in the library and their feet in the cineplex."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   John P. McCarthy 1.5/5 "Kanones bebaia poy agnooyntai, prospernioyntai, lygizontai, i spane horis kamia egnoia, otan to apaitei i formoylaiki ploki gia na ftasei stin epomeni pista mias asymmazeyta asynartitis sto desimo tis plithorikis se ypoplokes kai deyteroys haraktires isto"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 2/5 "Similar to the movie adaptation of Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass (Knopf, 1996), the filmmakers shoehorn most of the book's plot into a small amount of time, leaving little room for character development or nuanced acting."   Film-Forward.com   Kent Turner 2/5 "For the effects spectacle, the film works to a degree, but the vast majority of the humdrum plot might leave more kids asleep rather than engaged."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr D+ "Take some bits from "Harry Potter" and "Arabian Nights," loads from "The Wizard of Oz" and mix with an original story that we never even get to hear and you get the torturously tedious "Inkheart.""   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "[U]nquestionably for children, but unlike many children's movies, it does not assume kids are stupid or will respond only to toilet humor or slapstick..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3/5 "This children's fantasy flirts with the dark side, though family values win out."   Film Threat   Matthew Sorrento 3/4 "The main attractions are the Serious British Thespians cutting loose and having fun while still displaying convincing commitment to the fanciful material."   TheMovieReport.com   Michael Dequina 2.5/4 "If there's a problem for me with Inkheart, it is one of scope. This feels like it should be an epic movie, but it's not."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B "The story shimmers with imaginative details."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow "Despite its interest in creative expression, Inkheart's hurried pace, shorthand characterizations and regularly scheduled set-pieces obliterate all but the faintest traces of lucid thought."   Cinematical   Nick Schager 2/4 "Its countless missteps earn nothing but scorn even as its wonderful intentions make us ashamed to voice them."   Sci-Fi Movie Page   Rob Vaux B "... focused on giving the film a palpable threat of potentially fatal consequences and the characters an emotional foundation."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker 4/10 "This folklore-filled children's story about the love of literature is disappointing because of its poor execution."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 5/10 "There are moments of absolute wonder to be had. Just not enough to make the film anything more than a painless misfire."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton Read review   Sci-Fi Movie Page   James O'Ehley  (1 - 33) of 33 OFCS Rating: 34% Rotten Page   1