JIM reviews film “INKHEART” – ‘Silvertongue’ Devils are hard to come by!

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“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 problems arose of things being caused to HAPPEN by his reading aloud from books about them. He searches for a copy of a specific book called “Inkheart” because that’s the story that created all the problems people have suffered from. 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 (altho mainly just at the end), &, while it’s nothing great, it has a certain low-key charm to it all, & the kids in the audience seemed to be mostly entertained by the film.