Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium (DVD) Reviews

Take some of both versions of Willy Wonka/Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, sprinkle with some magic and you have this very weird movie. Dustin Hoffman plays Mr Magorium, he's over 200 years old, runs a toy emporium and it's magic. Hoffman plays the role well but I feel he wasn't 1st pick (I still think Robin Williams or Mike Myers turned this ...

Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium is a fantastic magical film that the whole family can enjoy. It is a film that doesn't take itself too seriously and so shouldn't be taken too seriously by the viewer but does at times deal with a few topical issues. Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium is a magical toyshop in which anything can happen and ...

THE IS A REVIEW OF THE FILM ONLY AS IT WAS SEEN AT THE CINEMA AND IS NOT RELEASED ON DVD YET My husband and I saw a trailer for this film so when my daughter wanted to take 4 friends to the cinema for her birthday, we thought this would be an ideal choice. The film starts by introducing us to Bellini, played by Ted Ludzik, who is a ...

One of my favourite Children's films is Hook starring Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman, and Hoffman's quirky performance is a major contributing factor in this. In his role as a Children's story villian, he managed to encompass everything magical that we should expect from kids films, but so rarely get these days. Since first seeing Hook, I have ...

We went to see Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium just after Christmas, as we were looking for something we could go to as a family with three young children (9,6 and 3). We hadn't heard of it before we got to the cinema, so we went without any expectations. ==== PLOT SUMMARY ==== Mr Magorium (Dustin Hoffman) is the 243 year old ...