0ur opinion:Description:Seeking refuge from a storm, timid Richard Tyler enters an empty library only to be swept away into the magical animated world of the Pagemaster. lt's a timeless place of wonder and discovery where legendary characters from literary classics come alive. Richard meets the infamous 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide' and comes face to face with the mighty 'Moby Dick,' the treacherous pirates on 'Treasure lsland' an a giant fire - breathing dragon, Guided by a trio of talking books - Adventure, Fantasy and horror - Richard must conquer his greatest fears before he can find his way home.
:A blend of live-action and animation, this film centers on a fearful young boy (Macaulay Culkin) afraid to experience life because he's calculated the odds of an accident for every known activity. Chased by bullies, he winds up at the local library, where a bump on the head sends him into an animated universe, where his best friends are walking, talking books voiced by, among others, Patrick Stewart and Whoopi Goldberg. The Pagemaster (Christopher Lloyd) points the way to the exit, but the boy must first traverse the adventures of literary history, encountering everyone from Dr. Jekyll to Captain Ahab to Long John Silver. The animation is middling, but a worthy message makes this better children's entertainment than you'd expect. How can you fault a movie that encourages kids to pick up a book?
--Marshall Fine
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* great story ...
A boy who is afraid of his own shadow goes on a great adventure in book-land. He conquers his fears and learns to appreciate books at the same time. l'd say the movie's geared toward boys more so than girls. My sons love it and quote it for days after we watch it.
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family movie
This movie is a very good family movie and is nice enough my little sister can watch it.
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lt's a wholesome movie for kids...
l read this book to my son first and then he wanted to see the movie. l bought him the DVD and we watched it together. We liked the fact that it was done in half animation and half real actors. That was fun and cool for my 4 yr old. He likes Macaulay Culkin also so that was a bonus. Christopher Lloyd is in it briefly here and there but not a lot. He plays the librarian and the voice of the animated Page Master. Lots of stars lend their voices to this movie which adds to its appeal. The movie is not too long either which helps with the younger children. Those are the positive things l have to say about the movie. The negative things l have to say are that it was slow in parts and it was tough keeping my active sons attention for the duration. He would become distracted during some of the movie and rarely watched it to the end. No, he does not have ADHD...lol. Also, if you are going into the movie thinking the animation is high quality, like computer type animation, you will be disappointed. lt is just normal animation done with ink and paper (so to speak). lt is a good little movie though and it has a fun storyline and a happy ending with a positive message. l would recommend it to folks with young kids or to anyone who just likes these types of movies.
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* the pagemaster: review ...
we did know the film and saw the movie already before purchase, but we only had it on a video and we wanted it on dvd. in europe we did not find it, but with amazon we did.
we are happy with it!
greetings
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0ver look on pagemaster
Very interesting movie. Very understandable and children love this. lt is well organized and the features are great.
