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The Portable Door

2023 · 116 min

A whimsical office fantasy where mundane internship drudgery meets quirky magic, offering light entertainment with a sinister corporate twist.

Directed by
Jeffrey Walker
Genres
Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy
Overview
Paul and Sophie, interns at a mysterious London firm, become steadily aware their employers Humphrey and Dennis are anything but conventional – they are disrupting the world of magic by bringing modern corporate strategy to ancient magical practices.

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Directed by
Jeffrey Walker
Genres
Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • corruption
  • identity
  • ambition
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror2
Humour6
Realism3
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Genres
fantasy, adventure, comedy
Directed by
Jeffrey Walker
Written by
Leon Ford
Starring
Patrick Gibson, Christoph Waltz, Damon Herriman, Sophie Wilde, Sam Neill, Demi Harman, Rachel House, Miranda Otto
Cinematography
Donald McAlpine
Runtime
116 min
Country
Australia, United States of America
Languages
English

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