Review of Strange Magic (2015) by Samichsupernova — 04 Jan 2016

OK, what the **** have the critics been smoking? They must really have it in for George Lucas because this is to me the best American animated film of 2015 (and this year gave us Inside Out). I'm a guy and not even that big of a fan of musicals and I thought this film was beautiful, charming, uplifting, and funny (Bog's mom has some fantastic one-liners), with a good message to boot.

It's an animated version of Moulin Rouge, and the way the characters go from talking to singing and back again is seamless and perfect. The characters' actions seem realistic and believable in this world and I loved how the filmmakers played with a sense of scale, where even a flower is a huge in their world.

Again, I'm a straight adult male and I don't normally care about fairies but this film made full use of the concept. This is sure to be remembered as a cult classic down the line. One of my favorite childhood films was Beauty and the Beast and I can compare this favorably to that.

If I ever have a daughter, this will be one of the films I show them.