The House of Magic (2013)
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.
- Ben Stassen
- Jérémie Degruson
- Ben Stassen
- Ben Stassen
- James Flynn
- Domonic Paris
Rating: 6.3/10 by 347 users
Alternative Title:
The House of Magic 3D - US
Thunder and the House of Magic - US
Flits en het Magische Huis - NL
おじいさんと子猫の魔法の家 - JP
Le Manoir Magique - FR
Le Manoir Magique - BE
썬더와 마법저택 - KR
Il castello magico - IT
Das magische Haus - DE
Villám és a varázsló - HU
Кот Гром и заколдованный дом - RU
Taikojen talo - FI
קסם של בית - IL
Casa magicianului - RO
Trueno y la casa mágica - ES
Trueno y la casa mágica - MX
Country:
Belgium
France
United Kingdom
Language:
Deutsch
Français
English
Runtime: 01 hour 25 minutes
Budget: $34,000,000
Revenue: $64,197,205
Plot Keyword: magic, magician, greedy relative
A great opening scene and an amusing end scene aside, 'The House of Magic' 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 colleagues - which I suppose is a minor positive, given no-one grates with their voice performance. I found that the mesh of plots didn't work as good as it possibly could have, granted it isn't terrible but we don't really get enough of either in my opinion. A bit of magic and a bit about the cat's story, it ends up just becoming a standard lacklustre and predictable villain-centric plot.
