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5.5Murray 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.
Released: 1997-07-1189 minDir: Michael RitchieAdventure, Comedy, Family, FantasyBudget: $28.0MBox office: $8.3M
Cast
- Martin Short as Murray
- Kathleen Turner as Claudia
- Mara Wilson as Anabel Greening
- Robert Pastorelli as Oliver Greening
- Deborah Odell as Jeri
- Francis Capra as Charlie Greening
Themes
- magic
- wish
- fairy godmother
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Ratings
IMDb
5.3/10
5,980 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
21%
- Year
- 1997
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Family, Fantasy
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- fantasy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Michael Ritchie
- Cast member
- Kathleen Turner
- Composer
- Bruce Broughton
- Cinematographer
- Ralf D. Bode
- Duration
- 89
- FilmAffinity ID
- 355162
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1997-07-11
- title
- A Simple Wish
- distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 4.4/10
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