Rating: PG | Runtime: 160 minutes
Release Date: November 22nd, 2024 (USA)
Studio: Universal Pictures
Director(s): Jon M. Chu
Writer(s): Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox / Winnie Holzman (musical book) & Stephen Schwartz (songs/lyrics) / Gregory Maguire (novel) / L. Frank Baum (characters)

You couldn’t care less what other people think. Though, I doubt that.

Would love it if Ariana Grande could enunciate any of her words.

Would love it even more to get a record scratch cut to the Governor suddenly seeing he’s paying two tuitions instead of one.

Would love it even more than that if Wicked was never written since Oz is the manifestation of a young girl’s trauma and thus not populated by characters with independent histories of their own.

But, with all that said, this was fine. Cool production design (why Tweedle Dee and Dum are dancing in the Emerald City is odd though).

As my partner said while watching: “It’s a Kidz Bop musical.”

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[L-R] Cynthia Erivo is Elphaba and Ariana Grande is Glinda in WICKED, directed by Jon M. Chu. © Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.