Thursday, 21 February 2013

Lacks heart


Inkheart (2008)

Directed by Iain Softley this film based on the novel of the same name stars Brendan Fraser, Eliza Bennett, Paul Bettany and Helen Mirren. A teenage girl and her father travel travel round looking for a book the girl's mother is trapped in due to the fathers ability to bring books to life be reading them out loud.

The premise of this film has a lot going for it with fictional characters coming to life and the possibility of exploring the affect they have on us but the film never really goes into any depth on this. While the plot works fairly well as your average teen adventure film there is not a whole lot in the way of suspense or character development. There is a really large cast loaded with mostly British talent but a lot are left under used sadly.

3/5

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