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Strange Magic
PG (SINGAPORE)
2015
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3.0
Movie Review Movie Review Strange Magic B Movie Review Strange Magic B B Strange Magic Director Gary Rydstrom Runtime 99 minutes Rating PG Cast Evan R ..
Av Club
1.9
Not every animated movie ever made has been good, but the thing about animated movies iswell, they involve a process that can lead, literally, to a de ..
Rogerebert
2.0
Strange Magic doesnt deliver on any level as a romance, as a musical, or as a fairy adventure.
Common Sense Media
1.5
If youve ever longed for a movie with all the insistent life lessons of a Disney fairy tale, the tacky visual excesses of digital era George Lucas, an ..
Variety
2.0
On its way to box office supremacy and Christmas season ubiquity, Disneys Frozen left a lot of pretenders in its dust.
We Got This Covered
1.5
Even the gorgeous hues that color the film (greens and indigos straight from a Tiffany lamp) cant redeem a mundane narrative overwhelmed by all of tha ..
Austin Chronicle
0.6
They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and no recent film better illustrates the truth of that axiom than Emilio Estevezs comically ..
4.0
Photo: Lucasfilm Ltd.Strange Magic isnt very magical, but it sure is strange.
Vulture
2.0
Executive produced by George Lucas, the animated take on Midsummer Nights Dream features Alan Cumming, Evan Rachel Wood, Kristin Chenoweth and Maya Ru ..
The Hollywood Reporter
1.0
The animated musical fairy tale Strange Magic from Lucasfilm Animation envisions A Midsummer Nights Dream as your hit parade, churning out pop tune af ..
3.5
Strange Magic, directed by the Oscar winning sound designer Gary Rydstrom from a story by George Lucas, is set in a world of fairies, elves and goblin ..
The New York Times
2.5
Sadly, thats the worst part of Strange Magic.Not only are the jokes one note and awful, but they probably wont even entertain children.
IGN
2.0
Whats Love Got to Do With It you might ask (not on the soundtrack).
1.3
One wishes the moribund story and dialogue and empty characters enjoyed the same jolt of energy.
San Francisco Chronicle
2.5
Gary Rydstroms Strange Magic is a nice film.But, as Mr. Sondheim reminds us, nice is different than good.
The Young Folks
1.5
Strange Magic Movie Review Strange Magic looks like one of the most stunningly beautiful bargain bin, straight to DVD releases of all time.
Cinema Blend
1.0
Fairyland is a potent mythic realm seldom seen in movies these days.
Ny Daily News
2.0
REVIEW: STRANGE MAGIC, a musical fantasy from Lucasfilm is an achingly sweet concoction of songs and feel good messages about love.
JoBlo
2.0
Share Tweet Email Copy Link Copied Strange Magic may be a pretty picture that the kids can sing along to, but within the larger spectrum of animated f ..
Screen Rant
2.0
Skip this messed up computer animated fantasy and purchase the soundtrack instead.
Spirituality And Practice
4.0
LucasFilm Ltd Its hard to imagine that George Lucas has cared, much, about the fan revolt hes faced since 97 or so, the year he thumbed CGI Colorforms ..
Village Voice
1.9
Strange Magic is a cartoon fantasy cooked up from a half baked idea from George Lucas.
Rogers Movie Nation
2.0
Strange Magic is a CG animated endeavor conceived by Lucas and directed by Gary Rydstrom (famed sound man who worked on the Star Wars films), and it p ..
Blu Ray
2.5
Nearly everything about this animated tale feels dated and cobbled together.
Usa Today
1.5
Theres a lot of big missteps...but its not as terrible as some people are going to say.
You Tube
3.0
A fairy princess (voice by Evan Rachel Wood) swears off love when she catches her self centered fiance cheating; meanwhile, in the neighboring Dark Wo ..
News Review
2.0
Review Our Score by Trevor Johnston George Lucas came up with the original story for this animated saga of fairies, elves and a magic elixir, which bl ..
Radio Times
1.5
The commercials for Strange Magic tout that this animated fantasy musical is from The Mind of George Lucas.
Screen It
1.5
Well, now we know what a Las Vegas show designed for eight year olds would look like.
The Wrap
1.3
Lucasfilm Animations Strange Magic seems to have all audiences covered.
News Day
1.3
If Lucasfilm had bought Disney instead of the other way around, the smash hit Frozen might have turned out like Strange Magic, a jaw droppingly terrib ..
New York Post
2.0
Although it almost certainly wasnt intended this way, Strange Magic is an effective argument against the predominance of computer animation as the cur ..
Film Journal International ..
1.0
Strange Magic is the first animated feature George Lucas has had a hand in since 1988s The Land Before Time, and he should have left well enough alone ..
5.0
I couldnt help falling in love with Strange Magic. Its one of the most delightful animated musicals Ive ever seen. Great songs , a fun story and fasci ..
Reel Talk Reviews
2.0
Lucasfilm Ltd. and Disneys Strange Magic is another of the many releases in 2015 I was hoping to love going in, but just couldnt.
Cinema Crazed
1.0
Strange Magic Eddie Harrison 17 August 2015 Indigestible, Shakespeare inspired animated musical from a story by George Lucas I hope youve got a strong ..
Flim List
2.0
Susan Grangers review of Strange Magic (Touchstone Pictures/Lucasfilm Ltd.)
Susang Ranger
1.5
Apparently this was inspired by A Midsummer Nights Dream, but it has about as much in common with that as Burger King does with Macbeth.
Flickfilosopher
2.0
Strange Magic is a movie thats easier to appreciate and admire than to actually swoon over. Not bad for an orphan.
Blogs Indie Wire
4.5
While its frankly weird & somewhat jarring at first, if you can wrap your head around the concept & accept its not really a film for smaller kids nor ..
Forbes
1.0
This movie is loathsome, thats what it is. I dont know why it exists. Dont see it.
Ner Dist
1.0
Before he was George Lucas , the guy who changed blockbusters forever with Star Wars , he was George Lucas, the guy who changed the way Hollywood used ..
Screen Crush
1.5
Oh, and lets not forget the films noxious desire to constantly throw reconfigured pop hits into the mix as a kind of groan inducing Greek Chorus.
Film Racket
1.9
Since this is a film targeted at kids, we arent gifted by the visuals of a fairy affair.
1.5
There are moments in Strange Magic, an animated film billed as from the mind of George Lucas, that seem less like a movie than like a fever dream.
The Dissolve
2.5
Strange Magic Synopsis Strange Magic, a new animated film from Lucasfilm Ltd., is a madcap fairy tale musical inspired by A Midsummer Nights Dream.
Movie Web
1.9
Gire: No magic in Lucas charmless Strange hello Marianne the fairy (Evan Rachel Wood) is serenaded by superficial Roland (Sam Palladio) in Strange Mag ..
Daily Herald
1.3
At least it cant get any worse, a character suggests roughly halfway through Strange Magic, a promise the film has no intention of keeping.
Movie Mezzanine
3.0
There is an unexpectedly endearing romance, and the usual kids film messages about the importance of whats inside us.
Movie Mom
1.5
It instantly rates as one of the most dismal animations ever released under the Disney umbrella.
Toronto Sun
4.5
And with that in mind, and Lucas vision at its core, thats exactly what director Gary Rydstrom brings to life with STRANGE MAGIC.
1.3
She doesnt know that her elf pal and best friend Sunny (Elijah Kelley) is in love with her.
Qc Times
3.5
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 R ..
Richard Crouse
1.5
His damaged heart slowly melting made me enjoy his Bog King more than I should have.
Geek Girl Authority
3.0
I cant figure out why they wouldnt have made Kristin Chenoweth Dawn The Sugar Plum Fairy isnt in the movie that much and has only 1 song.
rachelsreviews.net
2.0
Strange MagicThe AllMovie Review By Violet LeVoit Its been more than a decade since the phrase from the mind of George Lucas triggered an anticipatory ..
All Movie
1.5
When characters emote, they undertake same kind of bland half smiles and snarky attitude seen in the less effective Dreamworks Animation productions.
1.5
If someone told you that you had the power to ban any one song from ever being covered by any newer artist ever again in the history of time, what wou ..
Topless Robot
1.5
The ones whos hearts havent been broken remain dopey and shrill. (
KW
2.5
The moral of the story is that looks dont matter. But in animation, looks do matter, and even a sweet romance and fun tunes cannot overcome the clunki ..
Belie
3.1
Hows this for the movie poster Strange Magic isnt as awful as its trailer suggests...
2.0
Ive not completely fallen in love with Strange Magic, but it did in its own way cast a spell.
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