Director: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Will Smith named "Genie", Mena Massoud named "Aladdin", Naomi Scott named "Princess Jasmine", Marwan Kenzari named "Jafar", Nasim Pedrad named "Dalia"
Rating: 7.4/10 IMDb
Running Time: 2hrs 10min
Production Company: Walt Disney Pictures
Released on: 8 May 2018
Producer: Dan Lin
Language: English, Hindi
Movie Story: A famous 'street rat' Aladdin, feels a profound feeling of association with the Princess of the kingdom he lives in, however after contacting her royal residence, he understands that triumphant her over will be harder than he had envisioned.
Movie Review: A local thief Aladdin (Mena Massoud), from the kingdom of Agrabah, falls in love with its princess – Jasmine (Naomi Scott) – and decides to persuade her, yet, the shrewd Grand Vizier Jafar (Marwan Kenzari) and boss counsel to the Sultan (Navid Negahban) set forward this condition – Aladdin must present to him the mystical light and its Genie (Will Smith) that awards three wishes.
The tale of Aladdin and the Genie is known to every last one and this real-life adjustment of Disney's enlivened great by a similar name, which has initially deified this unbelievable story, is no exception to that phenomenon. The fresh pairing of Mena Massoud and Naomi Scott works and is a welcome surprise as the duo share an amazing chemistry on screen and pretty much hold on to the likeability factors of their respective characters till the very end.
Will Smith, the Genie, is a straight-up characteristic to the extent stimulating our interesting bones is concerned however once more, it is criminal to contrast him with Robbin Williams’s 1992 act in the original movie as the standards set by the late actor-comedian are pretty high.
Jafar – the vengeful villain – is so bad in the movie that he’s actually good, and brownie points to director Guy Ritchie for fully exploring and bringing to light the twisted psyche of this greed-filled character, which ultimately makes you wonder – who’s the sinner and who has been sinned against.
However, the downside of the whole direction process is that it is somewhat mixed and some of the song-dance sequences look & feel forced and could have been avoided. Despite its grandeur and larger-than-life cinematography-animation, at two hours and eight minutes – the film starts to feel a bit of a drag.
The momentum, at which the film moves, is yet another problem that cannot be overlooked – all the characters are given ample time and attention to grow and develop, while the ending is wrapped up in a tearing hurry.
Kids born in the 90s, who have watched the cartoon version of this story, will find ‘Aladdin’ a bit too hard to get accustomed to in the beginning, but otherwise, the film – sans its minor hiccups – is congenial and establishes the ‘feel-good’ factor from frame one and maintains it till the curtains are drawn.
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