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A Simple Wish (1997)

Family | 89 minutes
2,46 26 votes

Genre: Family / Comedy

Duration: 89 minuten

Alternative title: The Fairy Godmother

Country: United States

Directed by: Michael Ritchie

Stars: Martin Short, Mara Wilson and Kathleen Turner

IMDb score: 5,4 (6.177)

Releasedate: 11 July 1997

A Simple Wish plot

"Anabel made a wish. Murray made a mess."

The wishing fairy-in-training Murray (Martin Short) is sent for a little girl (Mara Wilson) for his first job. Her wish is to see her father in the lead role of a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, the wish goes horribly wrong and an evil ex-fairy (Kathleen Turner) interferes.

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A reasonable family film starring Mara Wilson. The production did not exactly go smoothly for the then famous child star. This is due to the recent death of her mother. To this day, Wilson has little recollection of the shooting, and she should never have made this entire film. She was too depressed at the time, and was in deep mourning. She also had a love-hate relationship with Francis Capra, who plays her brother in the film. Years later, they reconnected and made amends. Glenn Close, Anjelica Huston, Miranda Richardson, Helen Mirren, Whoopi Goldberg, Rene Russo, Kathy Najimy, Susan Sarandon, Jessica Lange, Olivia Hussey, Geena Davis, Bette Midler and Cathy Moriarty were all considered for the role of Claudia. John Leguizamo, Mike Myers, James Woods, Chris Rock, Steve Martin, Robin Williams, Jim Carrey, Eddie Murphy, Carlos Mencia, Drew Carey, Sinbad, Billy Crystal and Matthew Broderick were considered for the role of Murray. Deborah Odell made her acting debut with this film.

A reasonable and entertaining film with the necessary elements such as adventure and humor. Personally, I thought Martin Short was way too exaggerated in his role, but this family film also contains some nice fragments.

2.5 *

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