Disney's new animated musical Wish hits movie theatres November 22, and the reviews are rolling in. See the first trailer above.
The film features the voices of Academy Award winner Ariana DeBose as Asha, Victor Garber as Sabino, Chris Pine as King Magnifico, Angelique Cabral as Queen Amaya, Natasha Rothwell as Sakina, and Alan Tudyk as Valentino. The cast also includes Jennifer Kumiyama as Dahlia, Evan Peters as Simon, Harvey Guillén as Gabo, Ramy Youssef as Safi, Niko Vargas as Hal, Della Saba as Bazeema, and Jon Rudnitsky as Dario.
Read the reviews here:
The Hollywood Reporter (Lovia Gyarkye)
The Independent (Clarisse Loughrey)
The National News (Faisal Salah)
The Telegraph (Robbie Collin)*
TheaterMania (Zachary Stewart)
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Playbill will continue to update this list as reviews come in.
Wish takes place in the magical magical kingdom of Rosas, where Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force: a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star confront a most formidable foe—the ruler of Rosas, King Magnifico—to save her community and prove that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things can happen.
The film features original songs by Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Julia Michaels and Grammy-winning producer-songwriter-musician Benjamin Rice, plus a score by composer Dave Metzger.
Wish is helmed by Academy Award-winning director Chris Buck (Frozen, Frozen 2) and Fawn Veerasunthorn (Raya and the Last Dragon), and produced by Peter Del Vecho and Juan Pablo Reyes Lancaster Jones. Jennifer Lee executive produces, and Lee and Allison Moore are writers on the project.
