Inkheart - Movie Review and Synopsis

Mo Folchart (Fraiser) drags his daughter Meggie (Bennet) all around the world completing his skilled work as a ‘Book Doctor’, otherwise known as a bookbinder. At their most recent home, an old enigmatic acquaintance of Mo’s, named Dustfinger (Bettany), shows up and, in a very rare moment in their relationship, Mo talks to Dustfinger in private. All of a sudden, the next morning, Mo packs up and leaves with Meggie without telling her what is going on, a very strange thing in their relationship. They travel to Meggie’s Great Aunt Eleanor’s (Mirren) house to stay and Meggie finds herself, once again, surrounded by books (Eleanor is rich, and collects rare books. She calls them her children, and she has thousands of books in her library).

Then, one night, a bunch of thugs arrive at the house and kidnap Mo to take him to see Capricorn (Serkis), a cruel and evil dictator.

Meggie soon finds out that Mo has the ability to read characters out of books. The only drawback is that when he brings something out of a story, something must go back in to replace it. this is how Meggie lost her mother, Theresa (Guillory), when she replaced Capricorn, Basta, and Dustfinger, characters from the book Inkheart.

Determined to get Mo back, Meggie sets out with Eleanor to Capricorn’s village; however, within a short time of arriving there, both women are also abducted and locked up with Mo.

Dustfinger soon comes to the rescue and smuggles them out with a boy, named Farid (Gavron), who was read out of ‘Arabian Nights’.

Now, the group of them must find a way to get another copy of Inkheart to send Capricorn and his thieves back into its pages and return Dustfinger to the home he misses so much.

My thanks to the people who submitted this title to us wayyyy back when it appeared to be nothing more than an unsubstantiated rumor; two-plus years ago, who knew Brendan Fraser was mounting a comeback for 2008? Before The Mummy 3 was announced, Fraser and director Iain Softley (K-PAX, The Skeleton Key) were attached to this adaptation of Cornelia Funke’s best-seller, which could be a hit on par with Bridge to Terabithia or The Spiderwick Chronicles. But I say don’t hold your breath for Inkspell or Inkdeath just yet; this is one of the last big-budget projects New Line greenlighted before they were restructured/absorbed by Warner Brothers, so I think Fraser and co. win over audiences worldwide in order for any sequels to arise.

Rated PG for fantasy adventure action, some scary moments and brief language.

Director: Iain Softley
Stars: Brendan Fraser, Andy Serkis, Eliza Bennett
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: 23 January 2009 (USA)

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