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Wish (Walt Disney Animation - November 2023)

Phroobar

Phroobar

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Pocahontas Critics Consensus: Pocahontas means well, and has moments of startling beauty, but it's largely a bland, uninspired effort, with uneven plotting and an unfortunate lack of fun.

Sounds like Wish.
 
Animaniac93-98

Animaniac93-98

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Phroobar said:
Rotten Tomatoes has it at 53%. That ranks it between Oliver & Company and Home on the Range. They are in Planes: Fire & Rescue badness.

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This pooch is screwed.
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Of the 17 current "Top Critic" reviews, 11 are negative.

As I said before, it looks like Disney put a target on its back with this one, and anyone who is tried of the Disney corporate product, or its formulaic storytelling is making that clear here:

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Ghost93

Ghost93

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Phroobar said:
Pocahontas Critics Consensus: Pocahontas means well, and has moments of startling beauty, but it's largely a bland, uninspired effort, with uneven plotting and an unfortunate lack of fun.

Sounds like Wish.
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Wish feels a bit like Pocahontas in the sense that you can feel this was orchestrated by corporate hit all of the notes of a classic Disney movie and become a big hit, but lacking the passion and inspiration of the truly great Disney films.

Pocahontas was greenlit because Katzenburg and Esiner wanted an Oscar. They made it be a "grown-up" romance to follow in the footsteps of the Beauty and the Beast (which was nominated for Best Picture) and had the Native American theme to follow in the footsteps of Dances with Wolves (which WON Best Picture). The mindset was "Hey, this is the type of stuff that people will see as prestigious and important," not "hey, I have a genuinely great story to tell."

Although I vastly prefer the art style and music of Pocahontas to Wish.
 
J

Jon Turner

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I don't even consider Pocahontas a remotely bad film at all. It has its heart in the right place and has lovely visuals and music, and on its own it's a solid film, but coming on the heels of The Lion King it comes across as underwhelming by comparison. If Wish is more like Pocahontas I'll take it. I do think some of the reviews which state it's "one of the worst" is a bit over-the-top, because this film isn't even giving me the same negative vibes as Internet and Range did. And ultimately the critics should be taken with a grain of salt.
 
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Jon Turner

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TP2000 said:
I'm on it!

In order to break even at the global box office, Wish will need to hit the high end of its box office forecasting domestically and then also overperform at the overseas box office. The foreign market must be very strong, even if Wish hits its high end of forecast with an $86 Million 5-day opening holiday weekend and a $289 Million total domestic run.

Wish cost $200 Million to produce, and another $100 Million for its recent carpet-bombing media campaign. (I can't escape the commercials on YouTube or my local TV stations lately!)

Wish will need to make $315 Million overseas on top of a domestic $290 Million to break even at the global box office.

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That will be difficult considering how divided the critics have been on this one. Then again there have been some Disney movies that received mixed reviews but still did solid business (Chicken Little, believe it or not, was a box office success, despite its negative critical reception, as was Robin Hood, Oliver and Company, Meet the Robinsons, etc.) I'm not getting involved in this. I'm staying neutral.
 
TP2000

TP2000

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TP2000 said:
It's now down to 54% on the Tomatometer. But when you toggle to Top Critics, it gets worse by the hour...
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Quoting myself because now, just a few hours later, Wish is down to 51% on the Tomatometer.

And in the past few hours the Top Critics rating has declined further, now at 32%.

They spent $200 Million to celebrate their own 100th Anniversary, and they got this?
 

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