Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion

A Gallic classics. Nicely colorful, traditionally fun and with a number of up-to-date jokes, typical for all Asterix and Obelix cartoons. As for me, I really enjoyed it. I even think that when I’ll accidently stumble upon this on TV, I’ll leave it on and enjoy it again. Just like most cartoons with this crazy duo, who were my favorite childhood companions. (11/04/2019)

Less inventive, less for the whole family and (un)fortunately without Ricchi and Poveri. In addition, the final 20 minutes are very un-Asterix-like and beholden to the overseas style of animation – Goscinny and Uderz didn't deserve that. This doesn’t mean that it’s bad. It’s not. It's still so good, funny and moving, and definitely one of the better of the Asterix adventures on screen. (05/15/2019)

It's not bad, but it lacks the darkness and edginess that used to characterize Asterix. The superhero battle seasoned with a final duel in the style of Power Rangers was a bit too much. (07/05/2020)

Beautiful. It's been over 50 years of Asterix humor in comics and film. And it still works. The last film, The Mansions of the Gods, handled the baptism of Asterix in 3D perfectly and thus The Secret of the Magic Potion is another great safe bet. Everything is in its place - the village with the people we love so much. There's Mr. Obelix, the dog Idefix, Asterix, the druid Panoramix, a blacksmith, a fisherman, their wives and last but not least a great artistic talent... And this time, we get a dramatic story revealing the biggest secret of all. It's exciting, fun, sophisticated, and perfect for the whole family. The youngest kids will like the simplest gags, while older people will appreciate the nostalgia and clever games with history and several types of animation. (08/24/2019)

The Mansions of the Gods is unfortunately a thing of the past, but Asterix remains confidently above-par. The plot around the search for the Druid’s successor is quite weak and very repetitive in the first half, but the ending fortunately brings the characters together in a humorous fashion and delivers several interesting twists and surprises. The animation is flawless and the theme song is great, but don’t expect much in terms of bold humour or social satire. (05/03/2019)

The Mansion of the Gods had great new animation, which wasn't missing this time either. Unfortunately, the creators did not provide a quality story to go with it. In the previous story, I was laughing practically the whole time. Here, there was considerably less humor, and the plot seemed all-too-familiar. Still above average but definitely weaker. (05/09/2019)