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Aladdin

2019 Directed by Guy Ritchie

Choose Wisely.

A kindhearted street urchin named Aladdin embarks on a magical adventure after finding a lamp that releases a wisecracking genie while a power-hungry Grand Vizier vies for the same lamp that has the power to make their deepest wishes come true.

Mena Massoud Naomi Scott Will Smith Marwan Kenzari Navid Negahban Nasim Pedrad Billy Magnussen Numan Acar Alan Tudyk Frank Welker Robby Haynes Nina Wadia Jordan A. Nash Taliyah Blair Aubrey Lin Amir Boutrous Buckso Dhillon-Woolley Omar Abidi Stefan Kalipha

128 mins More details at IMDb TMDb Report this film

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Popular reviews

Review by izmebenji ★★ 16

The song that plays in the credits is by DJ Khaled feat. Will Smith and that’s all you need to know
Review by manslikekai ★★ 6

A-h shit here we go again
L-ong movie
A-nd will smith was will smith
D-ont watch this
D-o watch the original
I-ts rewind time
N-o really that's actually in the movie
Review by Ash ★★ 11

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

What was good:
- Naomi Scott is great as Jasmine. Her singing voice is splendid
- I liked the addition of Dalia
- The non-CGI sets looked pretty good
- Aladdin and Jasmine have some chemistry that saves A Whole New World from making me feel literally nothing

What was bad:
- Guy Ritchie's directing. Stop with the slow mo. Stop with the dumbass partonising flashbacks to an event from 3 minutes ago
- The third act is entirely changed and instead of hypnotised Jasmine in an hourglass we get A FUCKING ZOMBIE MUTANT IAGO CHASING ALADDIN AND JASMINE WITH THE LAMP ON THE CARPET
- Friend Like Me becomes the most soulless musical number since live action Be our…
Review by adrianbalboa ★½ 5

this guy’s cute i guess but he’ll never have what original aladdin (1992) voice actor Steve from Full House has
Review by Matt Singer ★★ 10

I can’t say for sure Will Smith’s Genie will give me nightmares. But I wouldn’t be surprised if he did. He just looks so ... weird, like the original Genie of Aladdin decided to try to win the Mr. Olympia contest. Why is the Genie so shredded? Why would a Genie have abs?!?

Full review at ScreenCrush.
Review by Houston ★★½ 10

It's no secret that I went in expecting to hate this, but there was also a part of me that desperately wanted to enjoy it - a part that felt almost guilty for going in with the mind of the hater. And I'll be the first to admit: it's not unwatchable. The cast is charming and charismatic, Mena Massoud and Naomi Scott very much included. The story itself remains timeless and entertaining. Even Will Smith is at least fun. And if a kid in 2019 sees this movie and it inspires and moves them the same way the original did for me when I was young, I'm happy for them.

But lord. Out of all these Disney remakes, some of…

Recent reviews

Review by jdimartino ★★

Why? I'm not sure. The middle (from Genie's introduction to right before he takes a back seat in the climax) is by far the best part of the movie. Otherwise it feels bogged down and like we're just going through the motions. Performances and musical aspects are decent.
Review by maxdotmov ★★

Will Smith earned these two stars during friend like me and that one part of Prince Ali
Review by Taurantula ★½

God awful. This movie is the final confirmation I needed that Will Smith is an A-list star but a D-List actor. His attempts at crying only worked once on Fresh Prince and let's leave it there. Zero range, zero versatility, waning charisma - he's a dud.

Costumes feel more Bollywood than the Levant but that's orientalism for you. Aladdin was sexy as f--- though as was his nemesis. Hope to see both in better productions in the future.
Review by jamesthegill ★★★★

This was fun! It didn't ruin my childhood and I enjoyed the updates to the story.
Review by Last Week’s Movies Podcast ★★

Aladdin claims to be a whole new world but I’ve seen this world before and executed much better in the original 1992 animated film. Just another soulless corporate product from Disney.
Review by Ben ★★

Guy Ritchie is an absolute f#$&ing sellout
Review by Mykcuh ★★★★

Thought this movie would be “fine” because that’s how the other live action Disney remakes have come across to me. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find myself really enjoying this movie.

First, the costumes and sets looked really great. Second, they transformed Jasmine into an actual character rather than a simple damsel in distress cliche. Finally, Will Smith was somehow able to bring a fresh Will-Smith-vibe to the Genie without intruding on the much beloved legacy of Robin Williams.
Review by MJ_Moonwalker ★★½

Película pensada para ver en familia, se me hizo un poco pesada al final, tampoco acompaña mucho la elección de los actores en especial el actor de Aladin y de Jaffar, se escapan de la quema la actriz que da vida a Jasmine y Will Smith haciendo de Genio (realmente hace de él mismo así que tampoco se puede decir que haya hecho una gran actuación).
Para que no se haga tan pesada esta critica como la película, resumiendo:
Película para ver UNA sola vez en familia y olvidarla a los quince minutos de terminar de verla.
Review by Jojo ★★★½

Liked this way more than I thought I would. Had a lot of heart and energy that the rest of these remakes sorely need