Movies like Spellbound

“Spellbound (2024) is a 2020s family-friendly animated fantasy that anchors a folkloric quest in immediate domestic peril. It stages a parental-curse — parents become giant monsters — and balances that premise with high-contrast lighting, storybook composition and a brisk visual rhythm to keep tonal shifts legible. Lupani’s verdict: Spellbound converts a conventional princess-quest into a family-first coming-of-age fable that privileges emotional resilience over spectacle.”