Strange Magic

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Strange Magic

PG,

2015,

1h 39m,

Kids & Family/

Musical/

Comedy/

Fantasy/

Animation

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Bog King (Alan Cumming) leader of the Dark Forest, hates the notion of love and has ordered the destruction of all primroses, which are an essential ingredient of love potions. However, when he meets Marianne (Evan Rachel Wood), a feisty fairy princess whose heart was broken by a philandering fiancé, he begins to change his mind. Meanwhile, an elf named Sunny (Elijah Kelley) makes his way to the Dark Forest to collect enough primrose petals for a potion of his own.

Critics Consensus

Like most modern animated movies, Strange Magic is lovely to look at; unfortunately, there isn't much going on beneath the surface.

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Helen O'Hara

Empire Magazine

Aug 27, 2015

2/5

While there are fun moments, the whole is an odd mix of grotesquerie and cutesiness.

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Alan Scherstuhl

Village Voice

Feb 2, 2015

The best Lucas film in 25 years: funny, idiosyncratic, hippy-dippy, packed with creatures and visions worth beholding.

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Steve Davis

Austin Chronicle

Jan 29, 2015

1/5

By the time the film's ending upends traditional conventions with its unlikely couplings, you're too distracted to fully appreciate the chutzpah, instead cringing at the opening chords of "Wild Thing."

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

Feb 2, 2021

3.5/5

Takes some simple ideas-beauty is only skin deep and love conquers all-and sprinkles them with fairy dust to create a musical that plays like Moulin Rouge for kids.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 24, 2020

1.5/4.0

Bogged down by insipid dialogue.

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

Feb 24, 2020

3/10

As it stands, this is the sort of project for which the term 'colossal misfire' seems purposefully coined.

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Apr 12, 2019

It was created to be a family movie, and that's exactly what it delivered. Just because some fancy pants critics don't like it doesn't make it a bad movie.

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Albus S

Mar 30, 2019

The characters were two dimensional, the animation is lovely but outdated, and a lot of the dialogue fails to hit... Despite that it has become one of my favorite movies. The movie is campy and full of cleches, making it a fun break from more serious films. A great sick day activity or something to watch with your kids because it requires minimum concentration while delivering a feel-good plot.

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Hermione G

Feb 20, 2019

I did not think I would like it, but gave it a chance and quite enjoyed it. Ignore the critics, they have no imagination.

Feb 15, 2019

This is actually one of I and my wife's favourite movies. We don't even have kids and we loved it. The animation is good, don't listen to the haters. The musical bits are pretty funky and it's actually one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Good message too :P

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Harry P

Jan 22, 2019

Personally I liked it and the kids liked it, I dont see why people had a problem with it.

Ron S

Jan 8, 2019

This movie is awful.I hope there isn't gonna be a sequel to STRANGE MAGIC.

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Synopsis

Bog King (Alan Cumming) leader of the Dark Forest, hates the notion of love and has ordered the destruction of all primroses, which are an essential ingredient of love potions. However, when he meets Marianne (Evan Rachel Wood), a feisty fairy princess whose heart was broken by a philandering fiancé, he begins to change his mind. Meanwhile, an elf named Sunny (Elijah Kelley) makes his way to the Dark Forest to collect enough primrose petals for a potion of his own.

Director: Gary Rydstrom
Producer: Mark S. Miller
Screenwriter: David Berenbaum, Irene Mecchi, Gary Rydstrom
Distributor: Walt Disney
Production Co: Lucasfilm Ltd.
Rating: PG (Some Action|Scary Images)
Genre: Kids & Family, Musical, Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 23, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 7, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $12.4M
Runtime: 1h 39m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos

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