Wish features easter eggs and nostalgia aplenty for the last hundred years of Disney movies.
That and some gorgeous animation is enough to overcome a weak songbook and story.
However, its never been quite the same.
This may be why nostalgia for dreams of old permeatesWish.
There are easter eggs aplenty toCinderellaandPeter Pan,Snow WhiteandBambi.
At first, it seems to be a paradise.
That is what King Magnifico (Chris Pine) founded it to be.
He is in fact coded as a mentor to Asha.
Indeed, the little anthropomorphic star looks suspiciously like the cutesy luna stars from theSuper Mario Galaxyvideo games.
The problem is the details of what exactly that is are never filled in.
The dramatic heft ofWishis jejune, even when compared to other Disney movies.
But at the risk of sounding old, I never found any of the music particularly compelling.
Wishopens in theaters on Wednesday, Nov. 22.
Rating:
3 out of 5
