History Film / MrMagoriumsWonderEmporium

'''Mahoney''': ...and that he's two hundred and thirty-two years old.\\
'''Magorium''': I am ''not'' two hundred and thirty-two years old, I am two hundred and thirty-''three''. You were at my birthday party. You brought me balloons.\\

'''Doctor''': yeah, he's delusional.

* InexplicablyAwesome: There is no explanation for why Mr. Magorium's store is magical, and the closest thing we get to an explanation for his longevity is that he once found a cobbler who made a pair of shoes that he liked and requested "enough pairs to last a lifetime" and he's about to wear our his final pair.

''Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium'' is a children's movie released on November 16, 2007. The film is about Edward Magorium (Creator/DustinHoffman), who is over 200 years old and owns the remarkable toy store of the title. Molly Mahoney (Creator/NataliePortman) is the manager of the store. The time comes for Mr. Magorium to "go", so he hires an accountant named Henry (Creator/JasonBateman) to go over the store's finances and transfer ownership of the building into Molly's name. Meanwhile, he gives Molly a block of mysterious wood called the Congreve Cube. Molly tries to convince Mr. Magorium to stay in his magical toy store instead of "going."

* AmbiguousDisorder: Eric. In his lines of dialogue, he doesn't have the usual voice inflections that people are expected to have when speaking. One particular trait of his that is pointed out is [[NoSocialSkills his trouble making friends]] [[IntergenerationalFriendship except with Mr. Magorium, Molly, and Henry, who are all adults]].

* AmbiguousDisorder: Eric. In his lines of dialogue, he doesn't have the usual voice inflections that people are expected to have when speaking. One particular trait of his that is pointed out is [[NoSocialSkills his trouble making friends]] [[IntergenerationalFriendship except with Mr. Magorium, Molly, and Henry, who are all adults]]. [[NiceHat Also, don't forget his massive collection of hats]].

* NiceHat: Eric has a huge hat collection, and he wears a different hat every day.

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* InexplicablyAwesome: There is no explanation for how Magorium has lived for so long or why his store is magical.

* NeverSayDie: Averted - at first, Mr. Magorium refers to his imminent death as "leaving." Then Molly uses the D word, and later [[spoiler:it actually shows Mr. Magorium's funeral.]]

''Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium'' is the story of Edward Magorium (Creator/DustinHoffman), who is over 200 years old and owns the remarkable toy store of the title. Molly Mahoney (Creator/NataliePortman) is the manager of the store. The time comes for Mr. Magorium to "go", so he hires an accountant named Henry (Creator/JasonBateman) to go over the store's finances and transfer ownership of the building into Molly's name. Meanwhile, he gives Molly a block of mysterious wood called the Congreve Cube. Molly tries to convince Mr. Magorium to stay in his magical toy store instead of "going."

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Despite some surprisingly depressing and heartwrenching moments, its still heavily on the idealistic end.

* OneSceneWonder: The poor lady who, in the midst of the store having a tantrum, opens a book and ends up with a large squid perched atop her head, and the ensuing EyeTake from Eric.
--> '''Lady:''' [meekly] I am very disappointed with this book I just opened...

* OneSceneWodner: The poor lady who, in the midst of the store having a tantrum, opens a book and ends up with a large squid perched atop her head, and the ensuing EyeTake from Eric.

* OneSceneWodner: The poor lady who, in the midst of the store having a tantrum, opens a book and ends up with a large squid perched atop her head.

** Tough Pigs [[http://www.toughpigs.com/mr-mcallisters-wonder-disaster recommends the movie]] based on this cameo alone.

* OrWasItADream: It is never made clear what the scene [[spoiler:when Molly makes the cub fly]] is real or not. The next chapter may be titled "Messing with the mutant", but it might as well have been "Messing with the audience"!

* CloudCuckooLander: Mr. Magorium. His Interview of Henry consists of asking off the wall questions (amongst which "The number 4, do we really need it?") until the poor mutant comments "Anything can happen." this gets him hired on the spot.

%%%* AbsentMindedProfessor: Mr. Magorium

%%%* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Mr. Magorium's ultimate fate.

%%%%* CloudCuckooLander: Mr. Magorium

%%%%* ShipTease: Between Molly and Henry.