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The Portable Door

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The Portable Door

2023

1h 56m

Fantasy

Adventure

Comedy

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The movie centers on Paul Carpenter (Patrick Gibson) and Sophie Pettingel (Sophie Wilde), lowly, put-upon interns who begin working at the mysterious London firm J.W. Wells & Co., and become increasingly aware that their employers are anything but conventional. Charismatic villains Humphrey Wells (Christoph Waltz), the CEO of the company, and middle manager Dennis Tanner (Sam Neill) are disrupting the world of magic by bringing modern corporate strategy to ancient magical practices, and Paul and Sophie discover the true agenda of the vast corporation.

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

There’s fun afoot, but at nearly two hours, this one just wanders, taking forever to capitalize on that portable door.

Rated: 2/4

Apr 12, 2023

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Robbie Collin

Daily Telegraph (UK)

There’s ramshackle funhouse charm to spare here, and while the plot occasionally trips over the odd loose floorboard, the fun ideas and game performances soon pick it back up.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 7, 2023

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Phil Hoad

Guardian

If the tension flickers on and off... The Portable Door never entirely loses its edge, thanks largely to an irascible Neill as Wells’s right-hand man, and a sharp-tongued sensibility reminiscent of Roald Dahl.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 3, 2023

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Sebastian Zavala Kahn

Me gusta el cine

Performances are all competent (this is THE year of Sophie Wilde, after all), the visual effects deliver, and in general, “The Portable Door” manages to have a fun and eccentric tone, which ended up charming me. Full review in Spanish.

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 2, 2023

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

Beneath the visual spectacle of its elaborate funhouse of secrets and sorcery, this fantasy adventure yields only surface-level thrills.

Jul 8, 2023

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Jesús Palacios

Fotogramas

We've found an absolutely entertaining and intelligent movie where adventure, humor, and underground satire collide... [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

Jun 26, 2023

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nina n

Very thirst-quenching. Without the excellent cast, it would have been a lot of color, but with no bubbles soda.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/21/25

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Ted B

3.0 stars; The majority of the stars in this rating are for the excellent special effects and Patrick Gibson's innocent performance in the lead role. The plot was good. Anyone who remembers their first days at a new job can identify with the emotions Gibson's character experiences. If you are looking for anything more than a standard 'wizard' movie, you will be disappointed. Enjoy it for what it is.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/04/25

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Audience Member

it’s like they deleted half the scenes and shipped it out without stitching it back together

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/20/25

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Courtland J

Overall, it was a great feel-good movie. The acting was charming and I felt was "ON POINT." Sophie Wilde is beautiful. And 😱🫠Patrick Gibson's🥵😍💯 character, a sheepishly charming proper gentleman, is wrapped around the real-life fox of an actor. 😅😅😅 I never knew these were a series of books. I will start with the first book. I would love to see more movies in this series and read the books AFTER each sequel. From this day forward, I pledge to "📽⭐️👍👍🍅🍿" (follow)!! This can grow into a new WIZARDING world to fall in love with. If no more movies are made, I will not continue reading the series. ❤️🙌💯

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/16/24

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Gro F

I loved this movie !! Patrick Gibson is charming innocent and love his portrayal of the character. It lost the story a little in the middle but completely got back on track towards the end. I highly recommend this family movie! Hope there’s more to come. Ah

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/08/24

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Cees T

Unwitting wizard gets hired to find a door and gets spooked by goblins. 6/10 - Okay.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/23/24

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Humphrey Wells

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Damon Herriman

Monty Smith-Gregg

Sophie Wilde

Sophie Pettingel

Sam Neill

Dennis Tanner

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The movie centers on Paul Carpenter (Patrick Gibson) and Sophie Pettingel (Sophie Wilde), lowly, put-upon interns who begin working at the mysterious London firm J.W. Wells & Co., and become increasingly aware that their employers are anything but conventional. Charismatic villains Humphrey Wells (Christoph Waltz), the CEO of the company, and middle manager Dennis Tanner (Sam Neill) are disrupting the world of magic by bringing modern corporate strategy to ancient magical practices, and Paul and Sophie discover the true agenda of the vast corporation.

Director: Jeffrey Walker
Producer: Todd Fellman, Blanca Lista
Screenwriter: Leon Ford
Distributor: MGM+
Production Co: The Jim Henson Company, MEP Capital, Story Bridge Films
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy
Original Language: Australian English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 8, 2023
Runtime: 1h 56m

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