Strange Magic

Everyone deserves to be loved.

2015 • 99 min • Music · Animation · Family · Fantasy

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Synopsis

A love potion works its devious charms on fairies, elves and the swamp-dwelling Bog King as they all try to possess the potion for themselves.

Our family guide

Best from age 6

Movie Knight Score

584 reviews

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Chaos erupts in an enchanted world when a powerful love potion falls into the wrong hands, leading to a musical quest for true love. Fairies, elves, and the grumpy Bog King discover that real affection might be found in unexpected places.

Violence & peril: 2/10
Language: 1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 1/10
Romance & sensuality: 2/10
Scary moments: 3/10

Heads up

Magical creatures may appear intimidating to very young viewers.
Characters consume a love potion, leading to humorous but misguided actions.
Some mild peril and chasing sequences.

What it models well

Finding true love
Acceptance of differences
Challenging assumptions
Inner beauty

Talk about it after

What makes someone truly beautiful?
How can misunderstandings lead to conflict?
The difference between infatuation and love

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Top billed cast

Director: Gary Rydstrom • Crew: Gary Rydstrom, George Lucas, David Berenbaum, Irene Mecchi

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Reviewer notes

Not recommendedTrusted family reviewers
I don't mind me a musical, but I feel like the biggest issue with _Strange Magic_ is the way they went with it musically. Not only was I just personally not a big fan of the singing voices on literally all but one of the characters, but I just think the continuous run of on-the-nose pop songs from beginning to end basically flat out ruined what seemed to be a promising movie.…
Gimly, TMDB Community