Inkheart Critic Reviews

The story itself is so charmingly dense, fractious, and complicated that it frequently leaves the obvious good-guy-fights-bad-guy groove, and noses toward Terry Gilliam-esque randomness and ebullience.Read the full review

Mirren's all-out display in this distinctly British absurdo-literary extravaganza had me wishing Elinor were my own fabulous auntie and that she'd lend me some magic items from her closet.Read the full review

For the young people in its demographic wheelhouse, Inkheart packs a welcome amount of entertainment value, creating a genuinely original world of enchantment.Read the full review

It's a shame that by its conclusion the movie feels like just another special-effects-driven story.Read the full review

Inkheart looks good and is well acted but, in the end, it left me indifferent.Read the full review

Not realizing that Inkheart is based on a famous fantasy novel, I had the foolish hope the movie might be about books. No luck. Wait till you hear what it's about.Read the full review

Despite abundant talent on both sides of the camera and a bevy of eye-catching supernatural beasties, this f/x-heavy story of a literature-loving father and daughter battling dark forces unleashed from the pages of a rare tome doesn't conjure much in the way of bigscreen magic.Read the full review

Most of the time it looks like we're on the back lot for a Romanian production of "Lord of the Rings IV."Read the full review

Aims for a blend of whimsy and tingly suspense but botches nearly every spell it tries to cast.Read the full review