The Magician's Elephant

"Dare to believe"

2023 1h 39m EN

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6.8

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66%

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METACRITIC

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6.6

IMDB

★6.8TMDB · 237🍅66%Rotten Tomatoes●53Metacritic★6.6IMDB · 6,925

AnimationAdventureFamilyFantasyComedy

Synopsis

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Peter is searching for his long-lost sister when he crosses paths with a fortune teller in the market square. His only question is: is his sister still alive? The answer, that he must find a mysterious elephant and the magician who will conjure it, sets Peter off on a journey to complete three seemingly impossible tasks that will change the face of his town forever.

“Dare to believe”

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Cast

Noah Jupe
Peter (voice)
Mandy Patinkin
Vilna Lutz (voice)
Brian Tyree Henry
Leo Matienne (voice)
Natasia Demetriou
Narrator / Fortune Teller (voice)
Sian Clifford
Gloria Matienne (voice)
Benedict Wong
Magician (voice)
Miranda Richardson
Madam LaVaughn (voice)
Kirby Howell-Baptiste
The Countess (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Wendy Rogers
Writers: Martin Hynes, Mark Sperber, Ray Xu
Languages: English
Countries: Australia, United States of America

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ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Australia, United States of America.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mark Mothersbaugh. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Robert Fisher Jr. shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Noah Jupe and Mandy Patinkin and Brian Tyree Henry carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Dare to believe".

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2560092 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Wendy Rogers directs. Mark Mothersbaugh scores. Robert Fisher Jr. cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Australia, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 3 years ago.
2International production across 2 countries: Australia, United States of America.
3Original score by Mark Mothersbaugh. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Robert Fisher Jr. shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Noah Jupe and Mandy Patinkin and Brian Tyree Henry carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Dare to believe".
7IMDB entry: tt2560092 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Released under 16 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Original score: Mark Mothersbaugh
Editing: Robert Fisher Jr.
Production design: Max Boas
VFX supervisor: Gregory John Jowle
Sound: Tom Marks
Runtime: 99 min · 1h 39m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: The Magician's Elephant (2023)
Rotten Tomatoes: 66% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 53/100
IMDB rating: 6.6/10 · 6,925 votes
MPAA: PG

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CinemaSerf2023-03-25
★ 6/10
A young orphan "Peter" has been brought up by a disciplinarian former-soldier, but longs to find his long-lost sister from whom he was parted at the height of war. Out for the daily shopping (stale bread and fish), he espies a tent in which a fortune teller offers to tell his future. It seems that he might be reconciled with his sibling - but for that he has to follow the elephant, and there hasn't been one in his town for an age. Meantime, a rather hapless magician is trying to entertain the great and the good in the town's theatre when - low and behold - he conjures up... The king arrives in the town to inspect this magically contrived and noisy pachyderm and decrees that if "Peter" can carry out three impossible tasks, he can keep it! The three impossible tasks are quite entertaining, as is the whole film. The story is all a little predictable and it does stray into sentimentality just a bit too often, but it's an engaging family drama with some fun characters and colourful scenarios. Maybe a bit too wordy and probably fifteen minutes too long - it takes an age to get going - it is still a gently entertaining watch that imbues the lead character with some imagination and legerdemain and one that I quite enjoyed on a big screen.

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