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Any Disney animated film could have been calledWishat some point.

Unfortunately,Wishmanages to be none of the things it wants to be.
Its the ultimate cop-out a lifeless, uninspiring mess of bland brand management.
Then, every month, he would grant one persons wish.
What are their wishes, anyway?Has anybody involved in the making ofWishhad an actual wish ever?
Wait, is this meant to be a scathing metaphor for capitalism?From DISNEY?
He wished this when he was 18?Okay, enough with the questions.)
But that would of course threaten to make the villain more interesting.
All that expense to look so cheap.
It all feels rote, predictable, programmed.
Still, it might have worked, at least a little, if the songs werent so dull.
Thats the generous reading.