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Got a chance to watch this movie last Sunday, Dec2 (w/ Alex and Dodang), SM Megamall. LFS.
Rating: 3 1/2 stars
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This is not a ‘think who the killer is’ or ‘what will happen next’ movie. The story is very whimsical that you and your children will surely enjoy. A feel good movie and there’s a moral lesson to reflect on.
This is the only family film that I can recall whose lead character muses out loud about the finality of death in language that wouldn’t be out of place in a college Literary Course, a Shakespeare matter.
An embodiment of the unfettered imagination, it is a place where every item, from the adorable stuffed animals to the self-propelling tops, is alive and kicking, swooping, swirling and spinning. When a customer requests an item, a clerk consults a giant alphabetized book of inventory, and on the appropriate page, a whole little world pops out. One of the store’s most heartening qualities is its dearth of war toys and sexy dolls. Mr. Magorium’s signature plaything is a paper glider that, once deployed, keeps sailing around the room.

As I watch this movie, I want to be a child again.