Richard Tyler (Macaulay Culkin) is a paranoid twelve year old. He is obsessed with accident statistics and is too afraid to even climb the ladder to his own treehouse. After a particularly nasty storm he is driven to shelter in the library, where he is sucked into an animated world run by the Pagemaster (Christopher Lloyd). He is accompanied by three enchanted books, Adventure (Patrick Stewart), Fantasy (Whoopi Goldberg) and Horror (Frank Welker) to overcome his fears.
I loved this movie when I was a kid and its been a good ten or so years since I saw it last. The same as most of my favourite childhood films, it was no where near as clever or funny as it was when I was a child, but some of the charm is still there.
Overall it's a story about friendship and conquering fears and that message comes across quite nicely, despite the story being predictable and quite often rushing to get to the next story.
Rating: 2.5/5
Max
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