?INKHEART? ? ?Silvertongue? Devils are hard to come by! = Rating: 7 of 10 stars (based on a Library screening of a DVD of it).
BRENDAN FRASER is Mo, husband of recently-disappeared Resa (SIENNA GUILLORY) & single father to his daughter Meggie (ELIZA HOPE BENNETT). In the past, he used to do a lot of reading aloud, being called ?Silvertongue?-- but stopped that because things were caused to HAPPEN by his reading aloud from books about them. He searches for a copy of a book called ?Inkheart? that created all the problems. He?s pursued by a shifty fellow named Dustfinger (PAUL BETTANY) & evil Capricorn (ANDY SERKIS) & his henchmen, who want to force him to read aloud things they WANT to come to pass (for their own personal agendas including becoming very powerful). His aunt Elinor (HELEN MIRREN) & a young shoplifter Farid (RAFI GAVRON) try to help him rescue his wife & recently-captured daughter (who some people think also may have his ?gift?). This chase fantasy has a bunch of special effects (mainly at the end), &, while it?s periodically slow & talky, it has a low-key charm to it all. Kids seemed to like it.
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