The Pagemaster
1994 Directed by Maurice Hunt, Joe Johnston …
Synopsis
All The Adventure Your Imagination Can Hold.
Tyler knows a lot about accidents. So much so, he is scared to do anything that might endanger him, like riding his bike, or climbing into his treehouse. While in an old library, he is mystically transported into the unknown world of books, and he has to try and get home again. Along the way he meets some interesting characters, like Fantasy, Adventure, and Horror... Written by Colin Tinto
Cast
Directors
Studios
Genres
Popular reviews
More-
At best The Pagemaster is a mediocre animated feature film for young children, but even then I think I’m being rather generous. A cosseted boy is transported to a fantastical world of classic literature as he tries to find his way home. On the way he meets Captain Ahab, Dr Jekyll and Long John Silver yet it is only marginally as exciting as those great works.
Even for 1994 the animation is far from accomplished but it is serviceable enough, even if the art direction is a little ugly. The problem comes in the stilted episodic structure which struggles to develop the characters and there is a distinct lack of genuine peril and decent jokes. Macaulay Culkin plays against type…
-
I come from a world of happy endings, why don't you come with us?
Although it lacks enough substance to make it stand out in the wide selection of 90's kids films, it still presents enough fun and adventure to be worth a watch.
Although I remember laughing as a child, unfortunately that really was kid's humour only, as I failed to even crack a smile this time round.
Macaulay Culkin executes a reasonable performance, although disappointing next to Home Alone 4 years earlier.
Some interesting characters and an original idea allows it to just about carve itself a semi-memorable place in the live-action/cartoon family movies of the mid 90's. It's good for the nostalgia but otherwise it's one big pile of "meh."
-
This movie might be doo-doo, but I'd rather watch it than read a book amirite?
*winkwinknudgenudge*
Recent reviews
More-
MY ENTIRE CHILDHOOD.
I watched this recently and I wasn't even disappointed. It was still so god damn magical. I don't care what people say.
"Where you going, THE MOON?!" classic quote too. -
This movie might be doo-doo, but I'd rather watch it than read a book amirite?
*winkwinknudgenudge*
-
this movie scared me in ways only a childs mind can be terrified...
-
This delightful romp through the adventurous worlds of literature is a wonderfully entertaining tale of courage and imagination for children of all ages. A mainstay of my childhood, "The Pagemaster" definitely scores bonus points for delicious, delicious nostalgia, but also delivers genuine entertainment with an uplifting story, a gaggle of talented actors, a moving score, and an atmosphere of child-like verve and excitement. The animation is stylized, fluid, and lovingly painted. The voice acting is, if a bit corny, splendidly done and features a plethora of famous timbres ranging from the sarcastic "mmhmm" of Whoopi Goldberg to the majestic rumble of Leonard Nimoy. In addition to being wonderful nostalgia fodder for those like myself, the film is a genuine attempt…
-
I come from a world of happy endings, why don't you come with us?
Although it lacks enough substance to make it stand out in the wide selection of 90's kids films, it still presents enough fun and adventure to be worth a watch.
Although I remember laughing as a child, unfortunately that really was kid's humour only, as I failed to even crack a smile this time round.
Macaulay Culkin executes a reasonable performance, although disappointing next to Home Alone 4 years earlier.
Some interesting characters and an original idea allows it to just about carve itself a semi-memorable place in the live-action/cartoon family movies of the mid 90's. It's good for the nostalgia but otherwise it's one big pile of "meh."
-
It's odd how I appreciate this film a lot more now that I'm an adult than I did when I was a kid. Even though this film was a favourite for my brother and I when we stayed at my Dad's, I didn't really remember what happened in it.
This film is really quite short, at just under 90minutes, but in that time, it not only brings to life some of the best classic literature in a way that's charming and accurate (my favourite part is the Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde scene), but really makes you relate to Macaulay Culkin's character. I would class this film as one every child needs to watch.
The voice acting is incredible as well, to the point where I only just found out it was Patrick Stewart voicing Adventure, which is just amazing.
-
one of the movies I enjoyed the most when I was a kid
-
A movie that was made 2-3 years to late to cash in with Macaulay Culkin as he brings nothing but unintentional awkwardness to a below average animated films with little to bring to the table. Culkin plays a ordinary kid who is afraid of everything and is isolated by his peers by being both shy and a nerd. One day as he goes to the hardware store to buy some screws for his treehouse that he doesn't want, a storm comes and forces Culkin to shelter in the library with a creepy pedo-like librarian (played by Christopher Lloyd). So he goes around to find some books but then all of a sudden a strange mural starts puking up paint and…
-
Passable live action/animated kids flick. Kind of made m nostalgic for that old 'Captain N: The Games Master' cartoon that was about 90% Nintendo product placement. Or that one where they debuted Super Mario 3 and the Power Glove - what was that one? The road movie about the kid on his way to the Nintendo Championships? 'The Wizard' or something? Man, that was awesome in a shit way. Sorry, what were we talking about?