Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium Critic Reviews

Hoffman has countless characters inside of him, and this is one of his nicest.Read the full review

Helm gets huge bonus points for noticing everything that's annoying about modern children's films and including none of those things in his movie.Read the full review

Writer/director Zach Helm, who wrote "Stranger Than Fiction," achieves bursts of charm and whimsy, but not quite enough magic to elicit a consistent sense of wonderment.Read the full review

Sprinkles in charming moments but ultimately doesn't evoke enough wonderment to overcome its tongue-twisting title and completely win over adults along with kids.Read the full review

While endearingly heartfelt and G-rated to boot, its storytelling suffers from a lack of locomotive force and characters that feel disappointingly two-dimensional.Read the full review

For all its playful touches and neat-o nostalgia for nondigital entertainment, the whimsy feels forced.Read the full review

About a magical toy shop, but it has some of the sadder moments I've seen in a movie all year.Read the full review

If the concept is ingenious, its execution is erratic.Read the full review

There's something a little annoying about a movie that tries this shamelessly to be endearing and family friendly.Read the full review