3 incredibly ‘duh’ reasons why you MUST watch Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium.

I originally planned on doing 5 reasons, then I got real and did 3.

#3 Magical toy store + kids + grown up who acts like kids

With an equation like that, how blind can you be to not realize how it fits the Christmas season like Santa in a chimney? There’s much joy to be exploited of in this movie, especially after watching many deranged version of Natalie Portman in her series of self-hating, artsy-fartsy, you might as well kill me now movies, it is refreshing to see her smile for more than 10 seconds in the movie.

#2   The piano pieces

It’s the kind of symphony that’s generally happy with the occasional tinge of uh-you-can-cry-now neatly slotted with much harmonious order. And is it just me or does anyone else LOVE with a capital of everything, bold and underlined, the way the notes string nicely with Natalie Portman’s fingers? I’d review the soundtrack but I haven’t downloaded purchased it legally yet.

#1    Zach Mills

Screw Natalie Portman. Her haircut looked as if they were trying to make her look like a 12 year old boy with down syndrome and thirteen toes. Zach Mills is officially the cutest thing alive. He’s the flesh and bones equivalent of that cat from Shrek, only with less fur.

The one on the right, idiot.

I know, right?! I would so totally do him + 5 years.

4 out of 5 stars, definitely. The 1 star is due to Natalie Portman’s hardly enduring scene towards the end when she pranced around the emporium fixated with a facial expression as if she was trying to channel the aforementioned 12 year old boy + down syndrome + 13 toes.

The movie is basically worth giving a chance, and as it’s tagline says: You have to believe it to see it. Watch it with an open mind and you just might discover new revelations on love, on loss and on acceptance, whatever that means.