Inkheart

Brendan Fraser stars as Mo Folchart – a collector of rare books who is looking for more than a significant find. It turns out Mo has a very special gift. When he reads a book aloud, the characters in the book come to life, but other people in the room get sucked into the book. Sadly, Mo’s wife was sucked into the book Inkheart, and the evil characters within have started plundering our world.

Now, Mo and his daughter, Meggie (Eliza Bennett), travel across Europe hoping to find the book, but Inkheart’s escaped, dastardly evildoer, Capricorn (Andy Serkis), has discovered Mo has the ability, and wants to use it to his advantage.

Will Mo and Meggie escape Capricorn’s clutches?

Inkheart doesn’t suck, but there isn’t much else to say about it either. With fantasy movies, you either get wrapped up in the new world, or you don’t. I didn’t.

It’s not that Inkheart is horrible or stupid or has something about it that scars you so badly and deeply you will never want to go to the movies again. It’s just not special.

Writer David Lindsay-Abaire and director Iain Softley dutifully take the audience through the twists and turns, it’s hard to find any grossly negligent plot surprises and you have a talented cast of actors who all deliver workman like performances. It’s an acceptable, but uninspiring piece of work.

Inkheart never captures the imagination like a Harry Potter or Star Wars, but that is alot to ask.

Inkheart is rated PG for fantasy adventure action, some scary moments and brief language.