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The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex (2013) poster

2013 · family · comedy · tv-movie

The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex

Directed by Victor Gonzalez1h 0m2013

While trying to prove to her family she can be mature and responsible, teen wizard Alex Russo conjures up a spell to rid herself of her bad qualities, unintentionally creating a Good and Evil Alex. When Evil Alex gets involved in a plan to take over the world by a dark wizard, Good Alex must find a way to save her family, humankind, and ultimately herself in an epic Good vs. Evil battle.

Our read: The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex (2013) reads as a cosy, breathless, grounded family · comedy · tv-movie entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.

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Cosy, breathless, gentle family / comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.

ElsewhereIMDb6.37k
  • cosy
  • kinetic
  • gentle
  • redemptive
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How The Wizards Return feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want fizzy Disney Channel wizard chaos with a good-versus-evil double.”

ends triumphantyou’ll feel glowing aftergrabs you earlygrips from the openattention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonight — Skip if tween sitcom energy or silly spell battles will grate on adults.

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