Film Review – Wish (2023)

To help celebrate the Walt Disney Company’s 100th anniversary, the studio is attempting to get back to basics with “Wish,” their latest animation offering. It’s a fairy tale set in a storybook world, using the broad strokes of fantasy to inspire a classic hero vs. villain conflict, buttered up with plenty of songs and the usual offerings of animal sidekick comedy and positivity. It’s basically an easy lay-up production for Disney, but they do this stuff relatively well, and “Wish” is no exception, with directors Chris Buck (“Frozen” and its sequel) and Fawn Veerasunthorn overseeing a decent offering of widescreen magic, and one that’s aware of the studio’s legacy, presenting easter eggs and origin stories for dedicated fans. It’s easy to enjoy the picture, but it’s best to approach it with some sense of understanding that it’s not swinging for the fences in terms of storytelling, content to deliver the essentials, sold with outstanding visuals. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com