2024 · musical · fantasy · family
Wicked
Directed by Jon M. Chu2h 42m2024
In the land of Oz, ostracized and misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba is forced to share a room with the popular aristocrat Glinda at Shiz University, and the two's unlikely friendship is tested as they begin to fulfill their respective destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
Our read: Wicked (2024) reads as a cosy, kinetic, inventive musical · fantasy · family entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle musical / fantasy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- cosy
- brisk
- redemptive
- tender
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How Wicked feels to watch.
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“You want a lavish musical origin story about friendship, power, and belonging.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if two hours forty of musical setup feels long for one night.
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