A Simple Wish

1997

Action / Comedy / Family / Fantasy

11
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 45% · 19 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 45% · 50K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.4/10 10 6169 6.2K

magic wish fairy godmother

Plot summary

Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic wand is broken and the fairies convention is threatened by evil witches Claudia and Boots.

Director

Michael Ritchie Photo
Michael Ritchie

Top cast

Deborah Odell Photo
Deborah Odell as Jeri
Kathryn Kirkpatrick Photo
Kathryn Kirkpatrick as Fairy Godmother
Martin Short Photo
Martin Short as Murray
Kathleen Turner Photo
Kathleen Turner as Claudia
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822.08 MB
1280*682
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 29 min
Seeds 1
1.65 GB
1920*1024
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 29 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by miller-movies 6 / 10

It's only down side is... what?!?

I am sick and tired of people criticizing films just because they happen to be family movies, or G-rated, such as SCTV Fan did in the front page User Comments to this movie. I am well into my 50's, and just happen to enjoy well made family movies! This one is well made. I've seen others recently, such as Bicentennial Man, Dinosaur, My Favorite Martian, The Straight Story, Disney's Tarzan and Fantasia 2000. My simple wish is, hopefully, that this is a trend away from the profanity and gore that makes up 75% of today's films. These movie producers are making such movies because: 1: they are allowed to, 2: the public is gullible to buy tickets to see them, 3: they can't take the time to make an intelligent film with language the whole family can listen to and understand, and action that is within limits of decency. My Simple Wish is not quite up to the quality of the movies I've listed above, but I thank the producers for making it, and thanks to IMDb for letting me have my soapbox.
Reviewed by miller-movies 6 / 10

It's only down side is... what?!?

I am sick and tired of people criticizing films just because they happen to be family movies, or G-rated, such as SCTV Fan did in the front page User Comments to this movie. I am well into my 50's, and just happen to enjoy well made family movies! This one is well made. I've seen others recently, such as Bicentennial Man, Dinosaur, My Favorite Martian, The Straight Story, Disney's Tarzan and Fantasia 2000. My simple wish is, hopefully, that this is a trend away from the profanity and gore that makes up 75% of today's films. These movie producers are making such movies because: 1: they are allowed to, 2: the public is gullible to buy tickets to see them, 3: they can't take the time to make an intelligent film with language the whole family can listen to and understand, and action that is within limits of decency. My Simple Wish is not quite up to the quality of the movies I've listed above, but I thank the producers for making it, and thanks to IMDb for letting me have my soapbox.
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