The Librarian: Film Review

Trailer:

Overview:

This is a cute movie if you just want to turn your brain off for a couple hours. My biggest qualm is that Flynn is not, in fact, a librarian. They could call him whatever they like but if we look at facts he's not one. I wasn't expecting accuracy, but I didn't even get stereotypes.

5 / 10 Stars * * * * *

Spoilers:

This movie actually should have been called The Curator. Basically, Flynn discovers he's been employed by a magical library. How is it magical? Why, it has a magical museum in the basement! That's right, a magical museum. Soooo... what actual library work does Flynn do? None. He discovers he's in charge of a magical museum, something gets stolen from the magical museum, and he goes on an adventure in the jungle to save this magical artifact.

It's true he does use a book but the important part is he translates it, still not the job description of a librarian.

Now I get someone not thinking that a librarian's work would make an interesting movie. But if you're going to have a magical library, why not have the adventure take place in the stacks? The subjects of the dewey decimal system could come to life, tigers and lions and bears could be found roaming the 590s section! Or you could seek the aid of famous people from history in the 910s! Or, better yet, a librarian could use his general knowledge to solve a mystery. A good librarian has to know a lot of really random stuff. Flynn did know a lot of things, but that's because he'd been a student for so long.

The only scene that had a hint of truth in it was the long line Flynn had to wait in for his job interview and seeing everyone running away crying. While that's still not exactly acurate as no real library interviews every possible candidate, and you don't usually get a chance to see people cry afterwards, sadly, with the current economy, that's what getting a library job feels like.

But other than that I felt I was just watching a poorly named Indiana Jones knock-off.