Wicked - Movie Review

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Wicked: Part 1, is the first half of a film adaptation of the Broadway musical showing the perspective of the Wicked Witch of the West in the land of OZ. Here's my review for WICKED!

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[finks]

This biggest mistake is marketing this movie without letting people know it’s a two part movie. It’s going to piss a lot of people off.

[megaclone]

Act 2 of the musical is usually criticized for moving too quickly and just generally being a quick retelling of The Wizard of Oz but from different perspectives. If they can flesh that part out more it could justify splitting the movie in 2.

[Mattkayina]

Both the leads were so strong in this. Neither outshone the other they complimented one another perfectly. Part one was a really great adaption

[funkygirlkathryn]

As someone who went into this having seen the play- this is the closest broadway adaptation to movie I've ever seen. With a few additions as exceptions, it was word for word, the exact lines and everything from the play. No changing random things for no reason. Adding in new storyline. Changing or adding songs. It was completely true to the source. I had one gripe with popular as I think arianna took a few creative liberties in that song that were very Ariana grande and I wasn't a fan, but other than that both actresses played the part how they were supposed to be played super well

[tacitacadence]

Surprised this wasn't mentioned in the review at all, but Cynthia Erivo was fantastic in this.
Both the acting and singing side of it, she really nailed it.

[JasonTheOneAndOnly]

don't cover her eyes on a poster whatever you do.

[Nobobase]

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again. Totally valid to not like they split into part 1 and part 2 but I think once they were committed to keeping every song, it was truly the only way. 1:1 putting a musical into a movie just can’t work. You need more establishing shots, musical book scenes are always so short and need to be buffed out in a movie to not feel rushed. Especially since criticism of the wicked stage show is that the book scenes are already rushed as it is in Act 2.

[TheCarlScharnberg]

Thank you so much for being so good at reviewing films while being so mindful of never spoiling anything.

[Grabehn]

Knowing nothing about the play nor this movie per se, my first thought was "the FUCK you mean part ONE?!"

[blacktiger]

Galinda is Wicked canon. She shortens it to Glinda upon officially becoming the Good Witch.

[memecity]

I guess Joker didn't count as a musical lol

[YBelieve]

I love how you explain exactly what I need to know without spoiling the movie 🤙🏽

[TheJohnDoeLibraryRoom.]

We all know it's leading up to Dorothy throwing a bucket of water.

[skysmusic__]

The “I didn’t know GUUUlenda” took me the hell out 😂

[MrRapmaster]

This was a movie that catered itself to being two parts tbh. The first and second acts of the broadway show are very distinct with major time jumps, separating them out makes more sense in giving the plot and characters more depth while letting the notoriously fast paced 2nd act slow down a bit, not feeling a need to rush over all the plot points in The Wizard of Oz, when the 2nd act primarily takes place

[GimHelper]

Watching jeremy jahn reviews for movies I'll never watch is TIGHT!!!

[IanFleming]

The biggest problem with this film is it’s not a 90s action film about Toto with a mini gun getting revenge on the Flying monkeys for killing his family of Scottish terriers.

[mcurt]

cynthia deserves the oscar..what a beautiful layered performance!

[Lovexx]

Jon M. Chu's last two feature movies were Crazy Rich Asians and In The Heights. These two alone convinced me enough that Wicked has every opportunity to be great in his directing hands. If James Wan was born to make horror movies, Chu was born to make musicals

[MotorCityPhoenix]

I'm not an Ariana Grande fan in the slightest, but I thought she was fantastic in this movie. Great cast performances and choreography. Only thing I wasn't a fan of was the color grading/lighting during several scenes.