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The Magician's Elephant (2023) is an animated fantasy adventure you can watch online on iFILM. Directed by Wendy Rogers and produced by Netflix, the film adapts Kate DiCamillo's beloved novel with a voice cast that includes Noah Jupe, Mandy Patinkin, Brian Tyree Henry, and Benedict Wong.
Peter is a boy who believes his sister is dead — until a fortune teller in the town square tells him otherwise. The path to finding her runs through a magician who can conjure an elephant out of thin air, and through three tasks that seem designed to be impossible. What starts as a fairy-tale quest quietly becomes something about whether people can change and whether hope is worth the cost.
DiCamillo writes children's stories that don't protect kids from sadness, and Rogers carries that quality into the animation. It's warm without being saccharine — a good call for family viewing where the adults want something to actually think about. Stream The Magician's Elephant (2023) online on iFILM.
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