Spellbound (2024)

Spellbound (2024)

2/10

 

Starring the voices of

Rachel Zegler

John Lithgow

Jenifer Lewis

Tituss Burgess

 

Directed by Vicky Jenson

 

This is a horrible animation. I do not even understand how they made it this way with such bad writing. The only purpose I can get from this production is that it will entertain no one except children who will not understand what is going on but will like the colourfulness.

That is poor work on their part, when the whole idea seems to be, “let us make it bright and sparkling, kids will be engulfed by that.” This animation is not meant for adults. After watching it, I felt like punching the TV.

The way the animation starts gets me at first. I told myself to overlook the bad songs and the odd made for 90s CGI. The idea of starting the movie with parents being monsters, and everyone having to keep this a secret, seemed intriguing at first.

Then came the execution of this good idea. The distance between the people who know and the people who don’t, and the incidents meant to be funny, just fell flat on its face. I do not see children watching this and laughing or having a memory that they have seen anything at all.

Then came the little girl who had to deal with this. She got help from an oracle who told her that only the parents could break the spell that turned them into monsters.

How did the parents become monsters?

They went on a journey to the dark forest of eternal darkness (I’m not sure if the reason for this journey was justified, but the idea is they went), and it was there they were turned into monsters.

It’s worth mentioning here that they are not monsters who know they are parents or aware they are the king and queen of Lumbria. They are more like monsters acting like pets.

So, the little girl Ellian (the princess of Lumbria) no longer has time to be a little girl. She, and the people who know, spend most of their time taking care of these large monsters.

The time is coming, and people are getting impatient, so Ellian knows she must find a way to turn her parents back. That’s when she summons the oracle and is hit with the news that her parents must embark on a journey to the Lake of Light. It’s during this journey that the monsters get their voices back and some level of reasoning is restored.

What can I say, I’ve wasted time watching this horrible animation.