Gripping story with well-crafted characters

Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

It wasn't a completely terrible movie, however, the story line was boring and left a lot to be desired. The visuals, however, were great and probably the only redeeming quality of the movie. The choice of songs included in the sound track were decent, but I think Trolls did a far better job of being "self-aware" of its own singing clichés.The Bog King wasn't a likable character, despite the writers trying so hard to shoehorn in sympathy for him. Marianne had good potential, but in the end she pretty much reverted back to what she was in the beginning, thus trashing all her of character development. And Dawn... Dawn was a very sad stereotype. The Fairy King, I think, was my least favorite character just because of what a horrible father he was. If anything, he was even dumber than Dawn.Overall, the plot was very predictable and tried far too hard to incorporate the "don't judge a book by its cover" theme. It tried to make an unconventional love story where the attractive guy is evil and the unattractive guy gets the girl, but it tried too hard and in the end we ended up with one dimensional and unlikable characters.That being said, if you need to distract your kids for an hour or two then go ahead and plop them down in front of the screen. It'll keep them busy for awhile.

This movie left a nut tied in my stomach as I watched the unrealistic and unexpected romance evolve between Bob king and Marianne. I must say "I didn't see that coming". AlThough Strange Magic has those music going but it didn't sit well for a children fairy tale. It was supposed to be a happy ending but for many like me, it was unexpected.

My wife and I watched this movie with our 3.5 year old and we all really enjoyed it. I enjoyed all of the music and the story and my son enjoyed the small character pool and the action. He may not have fully understood the story but he sat through the whole movie (which for him rarely ever happens). I feel like it was the perfect mix of great for the kids as well as the parents type of movie. It probably all really depends on the age, but for my family this movie was excellent and I wish there were more movies like it!

Warning first: This is more of a songspiel/operette. It is more than 50% music numbers, think musical with 2 or 3 times more music than normal. This drove me nuts to begin with, because I wasn't expecting it, and was waiting for it to settle down and breathe, and all the songs made it hard for the movie to establish more than a few things at a time, but once the plot and characters were established, it much more forgivable.The story is not terribly deep, silly romance, butterfly fairies, dark fairy/bugs and some adventure and comedy, all following standard clichés. Not bad, but nothing interesting either.In the end the music did put a smile on my face, while the plot made me cringe. Not the worst, and might be more enjoyable if that is your thing and you know that is what you are in for before you start.