The Land of Sometimes Review – An Enchanted Tale, Charming Shenanigans, Entertaining
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- Category: Haute This Issue
- Published on Friday, 20 March 2026 17:11
- Written by Janet Walker
The Land of Sometimes, from Kaleidoscope Entertainment, presents a fanciful, enchanted, imaginative tale as two young children facing another Christmas without their father, find a magic wish medallion that transports them to the land of sometimes.
The film begins as an old postman, voiced by Mel Brooks, introduces us to the house on top of the hill. An old house, filled with a loving family. As the seasons pass, soon it is Christmas, and as we see, Mr. Postman, places a special card, and a box, in the mailbox. When Christmas day arrives, the children, Alfie, voiced by Andrei Shen, and Elise, voiced by Alisha Weir, are filled with awe and wonderment, and are as happy as children are on Christmas.
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This day, father has received a telegram, has a ship captain he is off on another adventure. Time passes, and the first telegram explains his orders are extended, the next arrives, and his ship is missing at sea. The family is lost.
Christmas again arrives, and by now the Alfie and Elise are as irritable as their mother, voiced by Jessica Henwick. As she looks at the family photo, she finds the wish medallion, and that night as she is tucking the children in, she explains how she found it in the house.
Elise, who is the braver, and older by three minutes, decides she is going to test the wish medallion and when she does, a beam of light arrives, and an odd-looking man, voiced by Ewan McGregor, arrives and demands to know who summoned him.
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After he explains he is here because you asked for him, soon after a few rules of travel are established the twins are bounding up the stairs ready for their magical adventure.
Once the arrive, The Wish Collector explains, there are a few itsy bitsy other rules, for this land of enchantment, besides having six wishes, time passes quickly here, in fact all four seasons flash by in one day, and when winter is finished the island sinks into the ocean.
As Elise and Alfie have very different personalities, they begin to randomly make wishes, before realizing they only had six, and even with the cautious Wish Collector explaining be careful what you wish for, the children used up four of their wishes before they realized.
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Soon, after being chased by whimsical beings, they are separated and Elise finds a fashion butterfly, who decides she should be one also, and Alfie, is lost inside a village of talking homes. They begin to realize how much they need each other and begin to fight their worst fears to find their way back to each other.
Elise decides she must find Alfie, and meets the boy with the flying feet, voiced by Asa Butterfield, and he whisk her away, and while she is reunited with Alfie, together a new problem surfaces, the meet up with someone who used up all his wishes and never made it off the island. He is bitter, and angry, and makes everyone around him suffer.
Once the children reunite they decide they must help the boy with the flying feet escape his fate also. This ushers in the captivating ending.
The Land of Sometimes is bursting with imagination, vivid neon colors, mischievous, and magical creatures, and filled with all the gooey, funny, and whacky hijinks children love and find hilarious. The film also delivers a moral of the story with such skill and talent that children aren't even realizing they are learning a life lesson.
Delightful, and filled with charming shenanigans, and featuring the musical talents of Tim Rice and Pete Hobbs, The Land of Sometimes, is family friendly, and opens in UK and Irish cinemas on March 20, 2026. See it. Fun for the entire family.
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Country: U.K.
Language: English.
Runtime: 93 minutes.
Release date: March 20, 2026.
Director: Leon Joosen.
Producer: Tom Nottage.
Executive Producer: Bonnie Arnold, Simon Bobin, Mel Brooks, Paul Loasby, Francesca Longrigg, Soumyashree Mohapatra, Spencer Pollard, James Reatchlous, Kevin Salter, Alan Yentob.
Writer: Martin Casella, Francesca Longrigg, Tony Nottage.
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Helena Bonham Carter, Alisha Weir, Asa Butterfield, Mel Brooks, Terry Jones, Jessica Henwick, Andrei Shen, Trevor Dion Nicholas.
Janet Walker is the publisher, founder, and sole owner of Haute-Lifestyle.com. A graduate of New York University, she has been covering international news through the Beltway Insider, a weekly review of the nation's top stories, for more than a decade. A general beat writer/reporter and entertainment/film critic, she is also an accomplished news/investigative news/crime reporter and submitted for Pulitzer Prize consideration "Cops Conspire to Deep Six Sex Assaults" in the Breaking News Category and was persuaded to withdraw the submission. Ms. Walker has completed five screenplays "The Six Sides of Truth," "The Assassins of Fifth Avenue," "The Wednesday Killer," "The Manhattan Project," and the sci-fi thriller "Project 13: The Last Day." She has also published "Unholy Alliances: A True Crime Story," and "Days, Times, Seasons, and Events: A Collection of Poetry & Prose," which can be purchased here. She is a member of the Los Angeles Press Club, the National Writers Union, and a member of the International Federation of Journalists.
