Wish

On one level, the total artistic failure of Wish is reassuring because it shows there are occasions when vast amounts of money and supposed expertise really don’t make a difference.

On the basis of its half-thought-out script, Hollywood writers’ fears of being supplanted by artificial intelligence appear well-founded. This movie seems proud, even smug, about recycling scraps from other fairy tales.

Despite the passive nature of his foul(ish) scheme, Magnifico is Disney’s best villain since Tangled.

One can understand how some will view all of this with great cynicism, but come on: Wasn't there a time when you wished upon a star?

Just like The Marvels, Wish is an emotionally inert and personality-free movie that appears to have been assembled from the outside in.

For a film that’s meant to sum up a century’s worth of groundbreaking animated feature production — the song “When You Wish Upon a Star” is even baked into Disney’s corporate logo — Wish plays more like a collection of deleted tracks than greatest hits.

Wish is a decent film with good themes to share, although it somewhat buckles under the weight of its status.

...would be instantly forgettable if it weren’t for the bizarre story choices that can only be described as autopopulated hiccups.

A grab bag of storytelling tropes, generic characters and musical styles from the well-thumbed Disney playbook.

A musical mashup of irksome ideas... a lifeless husk dressed up like a feature film. Every decision seems to stop at the first idea... never plussed in any way or given any complexity... exists merely because the studio demanded it.