More Disney mediocrity: ‘Wish’ review

Disney has released its latest film, “Wish,” and as expected, it did not impress.

The film follows the story of 17-year-old Asha, who lives in a land called Rosas, where residents share their greatest wishes with King Magnifico in the hope that they will come true — and almost none of them ever do.

“I’m not going to bury the lede here: This is a bad movie,” Lauren Chen says, adding that the film was “poorly written” with a plot that “does not make much sense.”

In Rosas, there’s a ceremony when every citizen turns 18 in which they give the king their biggest wish. Sometimes he chooses to grant those wishes, and sometimes he doesn’t.

This concept is portrayed as wrong in the film trailer, which Chen notes shouldn’t be.

“Not all wishes are good, and they shouldn’t all be granted,” Chen says. “Like what are you trying to tell kids? That it’s bad if not all of your wishes are granted by some, like, magician somewhere?”

However, the film itself goes deeper into this concept — which Chen doesn’t think is a good thing either.

When the citizens give their wishes to the king, they forget about their wishes until and unless they are granted by the king.

“In addition to that whole wish concept, much like Planet Fitness actually, everyone is welcome to Rosas. They accept people from all over the world who want to move to Rosas just to take part in the kingdom and to potentially have their wishes granted,” Chen explains.

When we find out “this whole benevolent wish facade, it actually hides, somewhat similarly to Planet Fitness as well, a cruel tyranny under the surface.”

The movie only makes less sense as it goes on.

“All the people who were writing the script — they did not have a coherent idea as to, like, what exactly the message or the theming was going to be here,” Chen says.

“This film is ultimately just a great example of how Disney is floundering in the modern era, and it’s not even due to wokeness.”

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