Strange Magic

A love potion works its devious charms on fairies, elves and the swamp-dwelling Bog King as they all try to possess the potion for themselves.

Cast

Alan Cumming

as Bog King (voice)

Evan Rachel Wood

as Marianne (voice)

Elijah Kelley

as Sunny (voice)

Meredith Anne Bull

as Dawn (voice)

Sam Palladio

as Roland (voice)

Kristin Chenoweth

as Sugar Plum Fairy (voice)

Maya Rudolph

as Griselda (voice)

Alfred Molina

as Fairy King (voice)

Bob Einstein

as Stuff (voice)

Peter Stormare

as Thang (voice)

Reviews

Gimly

I don't mind me a musical, but I feel like the biggest issue with _Strange Magic_ is the way they went with it musically. Not only was I just personally not a big fan of the singing voices on literally all but one of the characters, but I just think the continuous run of on-the-nose pop songs from b...

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