The House of Magic

2013 85 min ★ 6.3 Family, Fantasy, Animation, Adventure

Thunder, an abandoned young cat seeking shelter from a storm, stumbles into the strangest house imaginable, owned by an old magician and inhabited by a dazzling array of automatons and gizmos. Not everyone welcomes the new addition to the troupe as Jack Rabbit and Maggie Mouse plot to evict Thunder. The situation gets worse when the magician lands in hospital and his scheming nephew sees his chance to cash in by selling the mansion. Our young hero is determined to earn his place and so he enlists the help of some wacky magician's assistants to protect his magical new home.

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Cast

Brianne Siddall

Thunder / Dylan (voice)

Robin Atkin Downes

Carlo / Jack / Zoltar (voice)

Cinda Adams

Nurse Baxter (voice)

Sage Sommer

Izzy (voice)

Shanelle Gray

Maggie (voice)

Doug Stone

Mr. Lawrence (voice)

Grant George

Daniel (voice)

Joey Camen

Chihuahua (voice)

Elisa Gabrielli

Carla (voice)

Kyle Hebert

Mark Matthews (voice)

Details

Director

Ben Stassen

Screenplay

Ben Stassen

Tagline

"One lost little cat. One magical adventure."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$34,000,000

Revenue

$64,197,205

Production

nWave Pictures, StudioCanal, uMedia, Anton Capital Entertainment

Reviews

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r96sk

March 18, 2021

★ 5/10

A great opening scene and an amusing end scene aside, <em>'The House of Magic'</em> isn't anything I'll remember with that much fondness. I will say the animation is much better than I had anticipated, it's nothing near a high level but it is absolutely fine; nothing bad about it in truth. The cast are serviceable if forgettable, I wouldn't say any of them are better or worse than their colleag...

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daniel_carr

January 15, 2026

★ 2/10

I love animated films, watch them all the time. But with all films I give them 10min and if they don't impress then it's on to the next movie. This film didn't make 5min sorry! I have an 8 year old daughter, and I believe children will rise to the next level if encouraged to do so in a safe and loving environment and watching things a 2 year old could understand is not going to help them grow or m...