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• Comedy
• Family

• 2020
• Dan Scanlon
• 107 mins
• U

Summary

In a mundane modern-day world inhabited by magical creatures, two elf brothers discover that their dead father was a wizard. When an attempt to use a spell to resurrect him goes wrong, they embark on a perilous quest to find a way to share one more day with the father they never had a chance to know. Animated fantasy adventure, with the voices of Tom Holland, Chris Pratt and Julia Louis-Dreyfus

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Trevor Johnston

Teenage elf brothers seek the magic spell that will bring back their late father for a single day in Pixar's sprightly animated adventure. It unfolds in a world that looks much like our own, except it's populated by unicorns, centaurs, and faerie folk - although wizardry is in short supply now that everybody has modern conveniences like phones and TV. Still, nerdy Ian Lightfoot (splendidly voiced by Tom Holland) has the magic touch, and his older sibling Barley (Chris Pratt) is a self-styled expert in ancient myths, making them a perfectly mismatched pair destined for a noble quest that hits various exciting bumps and scrapes. Yes, the plot follows an expected path, but what's fresh and hilarious is how the film honours the fantasy genre while also giving it a good ribbing, and the love/hate relationship at its centre is insightfully drawn. The blend of action, comedy and underling emotion proves unstoppably entertaining, and those who spent their youth playing Dungeons & Dragons will take special pleasure from it.

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7.3/10

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Cast

rolenameIan LightfootTom Holland (2)Barley LightfootChris PrattLaurel LightfootJulia Louis-DreyfusThe ManticoreOctavia SpencerOfficer Colt BroncoMel RodriguezOfficer SpecterLena WaitheOfficer GoreAli WongGrecklinTracey Ullman

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rolenameDirectorDan Scanlon

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Theatrical distributor

Walt Disney

Released on

2020-03-06

Languages

English

Formats

Colour

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