Ever wanted to have the ability to bring characters from books to life? Brendan Fraser can do just that in Iain Softley's family adventure "Inkheart," which also stars Paul Bettany, Jim Broadbent, Andy Serkis and Helen Mirren. But what to the Web's critics have to say about the film?

• Scott Gwin at CinemaBlend: "Despite a solid cast, impressive production values and an intriguing fantasy concept, Inkheart ends up as cinematic mediocrity."

• Nick Schager at Cinematical: "'Inkheart' is a scattered collection of ideas, most of them cavalierly mixed together and barely fleshed out."

• Ron Henriques at LatinoReview: "How the hell could such an intriguing premise be wasted on a boring picture that even had a pair of eight year olds complaining in the men's room after the screening I attended?"

• Brad Brevet at RopeOfSilicon: "Yup, 'Inkheart' is another January release for the kids, but make sure they aren't too young or you are going to be shushing away the characters from your bedtime stories for months to come."

• Joblo's Jenna Busch: "For a book that's all fantasy, I can't say the effects were as good as they should have been."