The Pagemaster

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Cast & Crew

Macaulay Culkin
Richard Tyler

Christopher Lloyd
Mr. Dewey and The Pagemaster

Ed Begley Jr.
Alan Tyler

Mel Harris
Claire Tyler

Canan J. Howell
Neighborhood kid

Alexis Kirschner
Neighborhood kid

Jessica Kirschner
Neighborhood kid

Patrick Stewart
Adventure
Voice

Whoopi Goldberg
Fantasy
Voice

Frank Welker
Horror , Dragon
Voice

Leonard Nimoy
Dr. Jekyll , Mr. Hyde
Voice

Maurice Hunt
Director

Joe Johnston
Director

David Kirschner
Writer

David Casci
Writer

Ernie Contreras
Writer

Paul Gertz
Producer

David Kirschner
Producer

James Horner
Original Music

Kaja Fehr
Film Editor

Amy Kimmelman
Casting

Gay Lawrence
Production Design

Valerio Ventura
Production Design

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• Jun 06, 2011

  Kids will like it and the animation is nice, plus some good acting, but overall its not the most memorable animated film made
  Michael E Super Reviewer
• May 20, 2011

  (Relativley short review) Like "A Troll in Central Park", "The Pagemaster" is a family movie that most will hate, but I actually like. I like the lesson, I like the characters and I like the plot. The humor wasn't funny, but apart from that it was good. Like always, we start with the bad. This movie had WAY too many book puns. What's worse? They weren't even funny and they got old VERY quickly. It would have been a better movie without them. Still this movie had good. It has a good lesson, that kids should face their fears and that when they do, they'll come out stronger. Kids will never apply it, but it's a good lesson. The main character is someone you can really root for. He's a nerd and a coward, but he has a lot of potential too be something more. You'll be rooting for him the whole way. The books were very interesting characters too, and Whoopi Goldberg did a great job as Fantasy. "Adventure" did a nice job too. Finally, the plot was very original. I think it's good that hollywood is getting kids too read. This is a very good introduction to some of literature's greatest classics. Overrall, a pretty good film. Not great, but good.
  Marc L Super Reviewer
• Feb 22, 2011

  All The Adventure Your Imagination Can Hold. Not a great or horrible movie! The beginning of this movie is excellent with tremendous sound and some nice humor, but once the film changes into animation it quickly loses its appeal. However, although this film is mostly disappointing, not all is lost. The story, for all its flaws, wastes no time in getting started, and there is a certain nostalgia surrounding the film for the endless stream of, mostly mediocre, but still harmless, cartoons of the 90s, when computer-generated animation was yet to be exploited. Overall, just not memorable enough or able to compete with the great animated films of the last dozen years. This is the story of a young boy named Richard Tyler, who finds shelter from a storm inside a nearby library. Tyler slips and is knocked unconscious while exploring a rotunda in the library. Upon awakening he is led on a journey through conflicts and events that resemble fictional stories, keeping him from finding the exit from the library.
  Manu G Super Reviewer
• Sep 06, 2010

  A fantastic fantasy adventure for kids. Culkin gets turned into a cartoon and has to find his way back home from the book lands, and find his courage along the way. It's really a cool movie, and kids will love it.
  Aj V Super Reviewer

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