Welcome to Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, the strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world. It's a tantalizing toy haven in which everything inside literally comes to life - including the store itself - and where marvels of every imaginable, possible kind, and beyond, never cease . . . that is, until now.

When Mr. Magorium, the store's extraordinary 243 year-old proprietor (Dustin Hoffman), announces that he will at long last hand over the reigns of his wonder-expanding store to his unconfident younger manager, Molly Mahoney (Natalie Portman), the store decides to throw an unusual tantrum. As a skeptical accountant named Henry (Jason Bateman) comes in to audit the legos and lincoln logs, not to mention the whodathoughts and whatchamacallits, the once sparkling, coloor-saturated Emporium is suddenly embattled by mysterious changes. The playful toys are still there, but they've turned gray and quiet - and only Mahoney and Henry can revive the source of magic inside themselves.