I watched this movie based on the recommendation of a friend and boy is that the last time I listen to her. Five minutes after the introduction of Dustin Hoffman's character and seeing he had pulled Rainman out of the closet for this, well I knew I was in for a bumpy ride. I am embarrassed for him and for anyone related to him for that matter. I think a lesser established Hollywood star would have worked much better here but his overreaching for this role goes along so well with the rest of the movie's theme...OVERDONE! This movie was completely overproduced. It had no fluidity at all. For the people who claim that those of us who don't like it are dense and "don't get it", we get it, we get it! I have a concussion from how beat over the head I was with the messages of the movie. It's not that hard people. It's the "you are more special than you thought you were" theme and we saw it in everything from Dumbo to Frodo Baggins in Lord of the Rings. The only difference is that those movies credited us with having more than two brain cells to rub together. The scenes with Natalie Portman and Dustin Hoffman jumping on the bed and dancing on bubble packaging were so kitsch that I had to turn my head. By the end of the movie I most related to the little stuffed monkey who seemed to be pleading to be taken out of this monstrosity.
Review of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
