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A Simple Wish

A Simple Wish

1997
Comedy, Family/Kids
1h 29m
Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic wand is broken and the fairies convention is threatened by evil witches Claudia and Boots. (imdb)
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A Simple Wish

1997
Comedy, Family/Kids
1h 29m
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Avg Percentile 20.71% from 93 total ratings

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Rated 09 Aug 2017
46
21st
I loved Wilson in Matilda, but this movie just doesn't know what to be or what to do and, as such, is a lot of nothing except serviceable fantasy.
Rated 22 Apr 2009
2
16th
"When you get to the point where not even the sight of Turner chewing every piece of scenery in sight can retain interest, you know you're in trouble."
Rated 12 Jul 2012
53
39th
Perfectly fun little kids movie nothing less nothing more. Most adults wouldn't care for it that much.
Rated 23 Jan 2010
20
3rd
Those tender years.
Rated 03 Mar 2022
63
39th
A Simple Wish isn't a good film; but there's still a certain charm to watching Short, Turner & Plummer (who plays a dog-turned-human) ham it up for 90 min. Everything about the film exudes 90's low-budget; from the outfits to the hair to the effects, it's almost endearing. The plot is decent, but some weird cuts (presumably to keep the runtime down) and a fumbled ending let the film down. There's even a few genuinely good jokes amongst the silliness & questionable (by today's standards) content.

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