2009 · fantasy · drama · romance
Aladin
Directed by Sujoy Ghosh2h 12m2009
Aladin, an orphan tormented by bullies, discovers a magic lamp that grants him incredible powers. Later, with the help of a genie, he embarks on thrilling adventures to defeat the evil Ringmaster.
Our read: Aladin (2009) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive fantasy · drama · romance entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, gentle fantasy / drama, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.
- cosy
- kinetic
- gentle
- redemptive
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