
The Pagemaster
Taste attributes: animationfamilyfantasyscience fictionadventurecomedyfastfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginarylinearglossybig & varied
"All The Adventure Your Imagination Can Hold."
Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, good-natured animated family film, light rather than heavy. Best if you like warmth over edge.
Taste details
Pace: very fast · Originality: very fresh · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
6.4 /10
TMDB · 586 votes
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What lines up
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
- Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury
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Synopsis
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.
Synopsis: TMDB
Characteristics
Where this title sits on each taste spectrum
Directed by
- Joe Johnston
- Pixote Hunt
Cast
Details
- Genre
- Animation
- Year
- 1994
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
- Taste scores
- How we score
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