It came out late in the year, but "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporiumum's " was still able to get onto my list of Worst Films of 2007.

Dustin Hoffman stars as the wacky (and old) owner of a toy store who has decided it's time to give-up running the store and hand it over to his best employee, Molly, (played by Natalie Portman).

Mr. Magorium hires an accountant (played by Jason Bateman) to straighten out the company's books to prepare for the move. Of course Bateman's character doesn't see that this is a 'magical' store...and he and Molly don't get along.

When the store finds out that Mr. Magorium is leaving, it stops being magical, and the characters try to bring the magic back.

If all of this sounds a little goofy that's because it is. But there are more problems with "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" than that. The biggest problem is that the movie's main focus is DEATH, which is not exactly what parents and kids are going to want from a G-rated holiday film.

Plus, there are very few laughs. For me, the best thing about the movie was a cameo by Kermit The Frog, which only lasts about 20-seconds.

To sum it up: There's nothing 'magical' about "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium", and you leave the theather, as my dad and I did...'wondering' what the people who made this movie were thinking.

On The Official Kid Critic Report Card, "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" gets a D.

Give you and your family an early holiday gift: skip this movie!

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