2007 · family · fantasy · comedy
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Directed by Zach Helm1h 33m2007
Molly Mahoney is the awkward and insecure manager of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium—the strangest, most fantastic and most wonderful toy store in the world. After Mr. Magorium bequeaths the store to her, a dark and ominous change begins to take over the once-remarkable Emporium.
Our read: Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007) reads as a cosy, steady, surreal family · fantasy · comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, steady, gentle family / fantasy, surreal in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- surreal
- redemptive
- tender
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