Magic flows freely through the walls and toys within the Wonder Emporium. But when Mr. Magorium, the 243-year-old eccentric who owns the store, decides to turn the reins over to his manager Molly Mahoney, mysterious changes creep over the Emporium.
18 August 1977, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
26 December 1995, Lakewood, Ohio, USA
17 July 1995, Ontario, Canada
8 August 1937, Los Angeles, California, USA
22 April 1986, Toronto, Canada
16 March 1966, Toronto, Canada
13 July 1962, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
14 January 1969, Rye, New York, USA
September 30, 2013
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium has been aggressively geared towards small children to an extent that's often nothing short of exasperating...
November 16, 2007
Helm gets huge bonus points for noticing everything that's annoying about modern children's films and including none of those things in his movie.
November 16, 2007
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium is what happens when too many sappy sweet instincts chase too few original ideas.
December 13, 2007
Let's not be too Scrooge-like; there are pockets of charm, and some of the effects are quite good.
November 16, 2007
In a season filled with depressing movies for adults, someone's finally thought to give equal time to the kids.
July 12, 2008
For all its computer-generated effects and colorful sight gags, Magorium is a dreadfully prosaic movie, lacking charm and grace.
July 06, 2008
A weak whimsical story with a good heart.
July 23, 2008
The film may occasionally strain too hard for magical whimsy, but there's no disputing its sweetness or poignancy.
June 17, 2009
The wonderful fantasy elements Zach Helm was trying to tap into do not translate over to this particular toy store.
May 01, 2008
The trailers make the movie look like the ickiest kind of whimsy, accompanied by obstreperous special effects, but the film itself is gasp-worthy.
November 19, 2007
It's so intent on being whimsical, so aware of its own whimsicality, that it ends up being not very whimsical at all.
November 16, 2007
As long as Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium sticks to magic, it is pretty engaging, but the lives on display are less than mesmerizing.
