Ian and Barley are elves who lost their dad at an early age. They both have typical teenage struggles, with Barley being the brave one and Ian being the cautious one.
They both get a chance to tap into their hidden adventurer when their mom reveals a secret to them, one she was meant to hold onto until Ian’s 16th birthday: Their father left them an ancient staff with a rare gem to place atop it. Those items, along with a few magical words, would bring him back to them for 24 hours—but they could only perform the spell once and they had to get it exactly right. Naturally, nothing goes as planned; they only get halfway through the spell, resulting in their father appearing from the waist down as just a pair of khakis and shoes with whimsical socks. It’s a strange idea and an even stranger image. In order to make the most of their limited time with him, they must go on a journey through their seemingly mundane town to finish what they started and make their dad whole.
The pace is jarring and the movie suffers as a result--there is way to much literally flying at them that you struggle to keep up, but in this age of untimely death the chance to meet up with a parent one last time is understandable. I have mine under house arrest, hoping they can get through this.
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