We enjoyed this film - but then we haven't read the book - oops or maybe not, the writing on the faces of the actors and the burning of the books worried our 8 yo, but she still enjoyed it, 5yo sort of liked it but zoned out at the scarey bits and played with his playmobil!!

You are the one who knows your child the best, so only you can make a proper decision if this movie would scare him or not. It was hard even for me to see burning books, for I have great love for them, but neither painted faces of some characters, nor evil creatures from fairy-tales, nor even violent actions of bandits frightened my 8 year old. The dark atmosphere of the story is much more noticeable and has much more influence. The idea of the story is really great although the realization could be better. But we still had pleasure when watching it.

Inkheart truly is a great movie - entertaining for the whole family. The violence would be a bit much for younger children. If you've read the book, don't expect the movie to follow the book. As I've been telling friends, "The movie and the book have the same premise: a man can read objects/people out of books". Beyond that, not much is the same. Within the first 10 minutes, my 7-year old son (who read the book) leaned over to me and said, "That doesn't happen now... that happens later... why did they do that?" So, as a book lover, I was disappointed that the movie didn't really resemble the book.

We all thought this movie was just ok. Nothing special, we wouldn't have regretted not seeing it. Special effects were good, acting was corny.

Move aside Harry Potter. This film is awesomer. The Language Sex and Drugs are nothing to worry about. The only thing is the Fantasy Violence that will scare younger kids. Great job New Line Cinema, Brendan Fraser and Cornelia Funke!

Typically I prefer to preview a movie before my kids see it, but we were with another family who was really interested in seeing this film. Overall it was a very enjoyable adventure/fantasy movie, though conceptually, even for an adult, the storyline was tricky to follow. The acting was well-done and the special effects were outstanding, even if the film seemed to borrow greatly from Peter Jackson's work (including actor Andy Serkis who played Gollum). Despite being somewhat predictable, I found it to be an entertaining ride and the story reminded me greatly of "The Neverending Story," to a point. One word of caution for parents of younger kids, I was with two seven year olds and an eight year old. The younger ones hid their eyes from some of the scarier parts (per my suggestion) and the eight year old found some scenes to be very intense. Overall, I'd give it a 6.5 out of 10. just my opinion, of course. ;)

Too violent for my five year old -- threats of violence and actual violence. When the bad guys ramsacked the aunt's house and burned her books it was too much for her.

This is a pretty good movie but it does not resemble the book. I like your comments lindaSLP