1. A Simple Wish movie review & film summary (1997) - Roger Ebert
A funny family movie about an incompetent fairy godperson (Martin Short), but there's nothing much to really care about, and characters go off on their own ...
“A Simple Wish” has assembled all the trinkets and effects necessary for its story, without bothering to tell one. Here are the ingredients for a funny family
2. A Simple Wish | Rotten Tomatoes
Critics Reviews A Simple Wish has assembled all the trinkets and effects necessary for its story, without bothering to tell one. Content collapsed. Not even ...
Eight-year-old Annabel (Mara Wilson) is rooting for her father, Oliver (Robert Pastorelli), to get the lead part in a new musical, but he doesn't have the same name recognition as arrogant actor Tony Sable (Alan Campbell). When Murray (Martin Short), the first-ever male fairy godmother, is sent to help Annabel, he bungles the wish badly and turns her dad into a statue in Central Park. Meanwhile, evil Claudia (Kathleen Turner), long forbidden the use of magic due to her greed, plots revenge.
3. A Simple Wish (Film, 1997) - MovieMeter.nl
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Familie / Komedie film geregisseerd door Michael Ritchie. Met Martin Short, Mara Wilson en Kathleen Turner.
4. A Simple Wish (1997) directed by Michael Ritchie • Reviews, film + cast
Anabel wishes that her father will get a part in a musical, but Murray isn't very experienced as a fairy godmother and turns him into a statue.
Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic wand is broken and the fairies convention is threatened by evil witches Claudia and Boots.
5. A Simple Wish - Film Critic: Adrian Martin
There is much in A Simple Wish that is fast, funny and inventive. Murray's wonky wand-work regularly takes the characters on strange transports and detours. The ...
1997 presented Australian film buffs with several opportunities to ponder the diverse, usually sad fates of the best American directors of the '70s.
6. A Simple Wish [1997] [PG] - 0.2.1 | Parents' Guide & Review
Chases, falls, pratfalls, a scuffle. LANGUAGE 1 - A couple of mild obscenities. DISCUSSION TOPICS - Witchcraft, making wishes come true, fantasy. MESSAGE - ...
A girl gets Martin Short as her fairy godmother.
7. A Simple Wish - The New York Times
11 jul 1997 · Rating: "A Simple Wish" is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested). The machinations of a wicked witch and the classic fairy tale device of frogs ...
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8. A Simple Wish - Movie Review - The Austin Chronicle
REVIEWED By Marjorie Baumgarten, Fri., July 18, 1997 ... The concept's good. So's the cast. But this family film about an incompetent fairy godmother named ...
The concept's good. So's the cast. But this family film about an incompetent fairy godmother named Murray (Short), is shy several handfuls of fairy du
9. Film review: Simple Wish, A - Deseret News
11 jul 1997 · "A Simple Wish" is a simple-minded special-effects comedy for kids, highlighted — if that's the word — by a man vomiting live frogs.
"A Simple Wish" is a simple-minded special-effects comedy for kids, highlighted — if that's the word — by a man vomiting live frogs. They're computer-animated frogs, of course.
10. A Simple Wish - Variety
7 jul 1997 · ... A Simple Wish" is an OK kids' film with a premise that promised a ... Reviewed at Universal City Cinemas, Universal City, June 28, 1997.
"A Simple Wish" is an OK kids' film with a premise that promised a lot more. Sympathetic and agreeable as far as it goes, this next-to-last production from the Bubble Factory under its Universal deal serves up enough incident and amusement to offer kids a decent time and proves reasonably palatable for adults. But lack of truly captivating qualities will limit it to medium B.O. at best.
11. A Simple Wish (1997) - Cinema Cats
25 okt 2017 · Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A bungling fairy godmother named Murray (Martin Short) ...
Universal Pictures Starring: Martin Short, Robert Pastorelli, Mara Wilson Directed by: Michael Ritchie Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A bungling fairy godmother named Murray (Martin Short) tries to grant a wish from a little girl named Anabel (Mara Wilson) but ends up causing more problems than he solves. […]
12. A Simple Film | “A Simple Wish” 1997 Movie Review - InReview
13 okt 2020 · As child actors go, Wilson does a solid job; she brings the right amount of whimsy and wonder without being too saccharine. The scenes with her ...
It’s interesting to see how child actors pop up after their time in the spotlight. Whether it’s tragic or because they’ve beaten the traditional train wreck route, like Peter Ostr…
13. Mara Wilson A Delight In 'A Simple Wish' - The Spokesman-Review
11 jul 1997 · Giving a gracefully understated performance in the face of caricatures from Martin Short and Kathleen Turner, Wilson is a delight. Even though ...
"A Simple Wish" stars Kathleen Turner, Martin Short and Mara Wilson.
14. A Simple Wish | Moviepedia | Fandom
A Simple Wish is a 1997 children's-fantasy-comedy film directed by Michael ... ReelViews and the Austin Chronicle both reviewed the film with the ...
A Simple Wish is a 1997 children's-fantasy-comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie (his last film before his death in 2001). The film about a bumbling male fairy godmother who tries to help an eight-year-old girl fulfill her wish that her father (a carriage driver) wins the leading role in a Broadway musical. Oliver Greening (Robert Pastorelli) is rejected from a coveted performance in a musical version of "A Tale of Two Cities" for simply not being a bankable performer. After Oliver's daughter
15. A SIMPLE WISH - Screen It
A little of his goofy characterizations go a long way, and soon you want something more from him. Essentially that's what the film boils down to -- it's cute ...
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