The Magic of Belle Isle

If this were real life and not a movie, Mr. Wildhorn would be written off as a crank and ostracized within a week.

For a movie that spends so much time extolling the virtues of the imagination to show so little of its own is more than ironic – it&rsquo...

Madsen, a strong actress who might have matched Freeman, is portrayed in varying shades of blandness. Even Freeman, good as his is, is held back here.

That Freeman would be willing to settle for this, perhaps, isn’t that surprising; he hasn’t been interesting in breaking a sweat f...

It’s earnest, predictable and disposable.

As sticky-sweet and textureless as a bowl of pudding, though an amused central performance from star Morgan Freeman continually finds nuance a...

Hopeless drivel.

So resolutely inoffensive that it flirts with Hallmark Hall of Fame territory.

"The Magic of Belle Isle'' smothers two of this year’s best performances – by Morgan Freeman and Virginia Madsen – in enough family...