Strange Magic

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Strange Magic

PG

2015

1h 39m

Kids & Family

Musical

Comedy

Fantasy

Animation

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59 Reviews

54%

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10,000+ Ratings

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

08/27/2015

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

02/02/2015

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

01/29/2015

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

02/02/2021

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

09/24/2020

1.5/4.0

Bogged down by insipid dialogue.

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

02/24/2020

3/10

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

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Gabriel M

@RT93846942 4d

CONNECTED WITH ME AND MY CHILDHOOD ,THE SONGS,THE CHARACTERS THE BOG KING CONNECTED WITH ME ALOT PPL SHOULD ATOP WATCHING THIS LIKE THE WORST MOVIE OF ALL TIME TBH IT'S A GREAT MOVIE INFACT HATE NE ALL U WANT BUT ONE OF THE GOAT I LOVED IT AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND U GUYS SHOULD RETHINK AND WATCH A MOVIE LIKE A NORMAL HUMAN BEING HAVE AOME RESPECT NONSENSE!!

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Francesco T

@RT04716209 Apr 23

For me this movie is a little masterpiece. The songs, the humor, the characters and the ambience are majestic. It's very sad that it had a very bad commercial campaign. I think that if more people would've have watched this movie it would have the consideration it deserves.

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Catherine E

@Cathinscotland Dec 26

I really enjoyed it! It's a bit of nonsense, that was entertaining, beautifully presented and I loved the storyline. Passed a very nice hour or two. The music is good and the story is gentle.

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Ana Luiza A

@ana1u1za Dec 16

Um dos meus filmes favoritos: Já tinha assistido antes e é simplesmente mágico, o filme te encanta com a animação de conto de fadas, a trilha sonora popular que encaixa na trama e principalmente com o enredo de uma bela lição sobre o amor. Uma critica é que o tempo passa de forma rápida e imprecisa na narrativa (o que não atrapalha muito, afinal é um filme infantil), de qualquer forma ainda é espetacular.

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Noel L

@RT15930389 Nov 22

Might've been a bit fast with the pace and the cover songs were too short. But I'll give props for going off script from the typical love stories

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Tauhid E

@RT41621543 Oct 5

i really liked watching with cousins.

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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