The Alchemist's Letter
Seen it?2015 | 6 min | Family, Mystery, Animation, Fantasy
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for fantasy readers and people who enjoy a knot in their stomach. Its magic has rules, and the story plays by them. Liked Lou or The Nightmare Before Christmas? This is a good next one.
- The mood
- Tense, feel-good.
- The pace
- Bright and bouncy, at 6 min. An easy one to fit in on a school night.
- What might put you off
- Skip it if you want something with an edge.
Pixel Veil presents “The Alchemist’s Letter,” a richly inventive and visually stunning dark fairly tale. When Veridian, an estranged young man, receives his late alchemist father Nicolas’ inheritance (voice of Academy Award® nominated John Hurt), he is exposed to the ill-fated reality that his father built a tumultuous gold making machine powered by his own memories. The film takes us on an enchanted journey through the vessels of the machine where we explore the contents of the alchemist’s most precious memories, all in an attempt to give his son one last life lesson and save his relationship with his daughter (voice of Eloise Webb) from following down the same fateful path.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
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- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
Awards data unavailable, so this isn't counted
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
Not enough engagement data yet
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Cast & crew
Directed by Carlos Stevens
- John HurtThe Alchemist (voice)
- Eloise WebbDaughter (voice)