The Magician's Elephant

2023 99 min ★ 6.8 Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Comedy

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.

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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)

Aasif Mandvi

The King (voice)

Pixie Davies

Adele (voice)

Details

Director

Wendy Rogers

Screenplay

Martin Hynes

Tagline

"Dare to believe"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Animal Logic, Pistor Productions, Netflix

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

March 25, 2023

★ 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'...