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Summary: Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West and her relationship with Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. The second of a two-part feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical.

I’m going to try and keep the major spoilers to a minimum but, if need be, save this review, watch the movie and come back to read! Read Wicked Part One review here.

This has been a very difficult review because I feel like my thoughts are all over the place. I had to really think about this movie before I did the review. It’s taken me days to think and write this!

I’d like to reiterate that Wicked as a whole, is fanfiction of The Wizard of Oz and it’s not canon. Don’t try to force these versions of the characters into the characters you remember from the 1939 movie in particular. It’s not going to be 1:1, it’s an alternate universe.

Pros:

Cast and Characters. In the effort to not spoil, it may seem like I don’t say much about some characters. I’m doing this for y’all!!

• Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba “The Wicked Witch”. In Wicked: For Good, Elphaba has been fighting against the Wizard’s new ordinances in any way she can. At the start of the movie, she sabotages the building of the Yellow Brick Road to help the animals forced to pull carts and machines. Her goal is to help the animals and reveal the Wizard is powerless. She’s living in a space that looks formed from trees. She’s being called wicked because of the lies being told to the Ozians about the true nature of her visit to The Emerald City. She wants to expose the wizard for lying about his power and of course save the animals. As I said in the Part 1 review, I think Elphaba is pretty straightforward and not a super complicated character in how her story unfolds. I saw someone describe her development as trajectory instead of an arc and I thought that was such a good description because Elphaba remains mostly unchanged in who she is as a person, she just becomes more confident in who she is and what she wants and then coming to terms with certain “limitations”. She operates alone for a good chunk of the movie, trying to appeal to the animals, sabotaging, and trying to make Oz understand. But after her sabotaging getting sabotaged by Madame Morrible, she hopes to use Glinda/Fiyero’s wedding to expose the Wizard as many people will be there. But things continue to happen, and spiral out of control. In the end, Elphaba has to make a difficult decision. Cynthia Erivo is still a great choice for Elphaba, obviously her talented voice is such a treat, coupled with the music arrangement and the sequences she’s involved in. I think she has great chemistry with both Jonathan Bailey and Arian Grande because all the scenes interacting with them raises a ton of emotions. During “As Long As Your Mine”, I understand the choice of making Elphaba come off very self-conscious because this would be something new, and she would be slightly unsure if all these feelings are real. But I’ll talk more about this particular sequence later. I think even when she’s working with Marissa Bode (Nessarose) she manages to showcase her complicated emotions and relationship with her sister. “No Good Deed” was great, and I think this is probably one of her strongest parts of the movie because it’s the moment when Elphaba decides “you know what? You want Wicked? I’ll be Wicked” and I’ve always liked that, and I think the resolve shown is very clear. I still think Elphaba being played by a black woman makes hers and trajectory mean something different and more and I think Cynthia makes choices for Elphaba that continues to give her depth.
• Ariana Grande-Butera as Glinda “The Good”. In Wicked: For Good, Glinda has become a symbol of Oz and is meant to be encouraging for the people in this “dark times”. Because WFG is a direct consequence of what happened in Part 1, Glinda’s story is super complex, and I think Ariana really manages to showcase just how difficult the situations are that Glinda find herself in (a lot of it by choice). At the start, we see that she’s enjoying her life in the EC and even when being presented by her bubble mechanism and her wand, she’s excited but also there’s a bit of conflict in her expression. She’s trying to hold on to this image of “Good” and “perfect” and “happy” because she’s gotten everything she’s always wanted, including Fiyero, a handsome and supportive Prince. “Thank Goodness” is a song that shows a lot of her complex feeling because “getting your dreams is strange but it seems a little, complicated” and she talks about costs and bridges being crossed that she didn’t know would be crossed. This song is super important for her character arc. As the movie goes on, we see that Glinda is trying to hold on to a bit of her normal even though nothing is normal anymore and she still clearly cares for Elphaba but still thinks she’s going about her mission wrong. I don’t think Glinda is wrong for thinking this way, which is what makes their friendship so interesting, sad and complex. The rug gets pulled out from under Glinda a few times and she make terrible choices out of broken-hearted emotion. Ariana continues to be fantastic in the role and she really showcases why this character means so much to her. She indeed “takes good care of her”. Glinda spends a lot of this movie in various emotional states, a good amount in tears and I think she’s so good at that. She maintains a lot of her Glindaisms and is still very funny. There’s a lot of levity to her but since this movie is a consequence of what’s happened, it’s not as dialed up as it was in Part one.
• Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero Tigelaar. In Wicked: For Good, Fiyero is the newly appointed Captain of the Gale force, who’s tasked with finding the “Wicked Witch” and capturing her. He’s changed a lot from his time in the first movie due to his conflicted feelings towards Elphaba and his perceived obligation to Glinda and his feelings for her. What I think is interesting about Fiyero is that while he clearly is wrong for not just being upfront with Glinda about his feelings or lack thereof, it’s clear he does still care about her. He does love her he’s just not in love with her and that’s something that’s so great about Jonathan Bailey and how he plays these conflicted men who yearn and grieve. He’s so good at that. I also loved the choice that when things are emotional that he called her “Galinda”, that made me gasp because that was such a great choice. But Jonathan Bailey really shines in this one, he gets a bit more to do and gets to really play into the complexities that Fiyero is experiencing.
• Ethan Slater as Boq Woodsman. In this, we don’t see him a ton, but he has some pivotal moments. He seems to be part of Nessa’s direct guard, or he’s her advisor or something as he’s in her office when we learn about the animal ban that’s trying to be put into place. He disagrees with this but doesn’t fight it much. More things happen and he ends up telling Nessa the truth about his feelings for Glinda and lack thereof for Nessa. I like Boq and I think Ethan Slater manages to maintain a gentle demeanor for him, because I know in the show even before things happen, he can turn a bit annoying, but I don’t think Ethan slides into that vibe. At least not to me. He has the chance to really play some intensity later in the film and I think he’s so good at that, my goodness. I gasped at this particular look he gives to another character, and it gave me shivers. I don’t know if Ethan has played a villain before, but I think he could because of how chilling that sequence was. I do have to say that there’s a line he sings that has been in my head for days. “I have to go appeaaall to her, confess the way I feeeeeeel… to her…” it’s so good.
• Marissa Bode as Nessarose “Nessa” Thropp. In this, Nessa is now the appointed governor of Munchkinland due to the untimely death of their father at the end of part 1, upon hearing Madame Morrible’s message about Elphaba being wicked. She’s clearly unhappy and dissatisfied with how things have gone, and she blames everyone else for her problems. What I think is so interesting is how independent they made Nessa appear in Part 1 and when she interacts with Elphaba who says, “You’ve never wanted my help” and Nessa screams “I do NOW!” I think this idea of how she’s always been okay being independent but now things are mostly out of her control, and she doesn’t like it. I think she knows that Boq doesn’t actually return her feelings but hopes that he could or would eventually. I have a lot to say about her later on though. I think Marissa Bode was okay this time around. I did think she was better in the first part but there are some parts where she was stronger than other parts.
• Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible. MM basically operates as The Wizard’s right-hand man but also the woman behind the man so to speak. I really can’t go into much without spoiling things, but she still dislikes Glinda but wants to help make the illusion of her “Glinda the Good” passable to the people of Oz. There’s a really good scene with her and Glinda where she’s very menacing and honestly, I would have liked to have seen more of her. Michelle Yeoh is still good in the role, but I do have to say that I wish someone who could sing played the part. In some ways, her not being a singer works for the character because of the front she’s putting on so I can understand when people say that in response to the criticisms of her casting, especially now, and sure, she’ll never be a bad actress but definitely wrong for the part in the long run.
• Jeff Goldblum as the Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Again, without spoiling but if you paid attention to the Part 1 then you already know that he’s a powerless, trash bag of a man. He’s charming, handsome and funny which helps draw people in and hiring Jeff Goldblum who’s all of those things really help in his favor. He comes off despicable in places, which is necessary, and Jeff Goldblum is so disarming that you can see why people would fall for his nonsense. He’s also not much of a singer but I think it’s passable for him. There are subtleties that happen that can be easy to miss with his reactions in the background, or his facial expressions that I caught. I think he did well with a reveal that happens towards the end of the movie, but I will mention this again later.

The Music/Vocals. Whoever the drummer is for the songs, they really have me going whenever I’m listening to the soundtrack. The drums during “No Good Deed” are SO GOOD that I get literal chills whenever I listen and that’s just from the music, not including the vocals. I listened to the musical score, and I love how a lot of it is interlaced with the instrumental from the other songs, that’s an amazing choice, similar to part one. Of course, the vocals are amazing too. I think everyone (who are actually singers) sound very good. Cynthia Erivo has an amazing talent for singing and making it seem effortless, coupled with the acting is an experience. Ariana Grande is also amazing, and I think she really showcases how much work she did in preparation for this project. Her new song “Girl in the Bubble” requires a lot of high notes from her and they sound good. Jonathan Bailey has a duet with Cynthia, and I was curious if she would overpower him, but I don’t think she did. I thought their voices blended very nicely. I always love that in the show Elphaba tends to always take the lower notes while Glinda takes the higher notes if they’re singing together but in “For Good”, they swap. I’ve always loved that addition. I’ve seen people say that when Glinda sings lower that is her “being truthful” and sure but maybe that’s a movie addition because I don’t think Glinda sings that low in any of her other songs where she might be experiencing some emotional clarity (or getting there). Ariana does it in “Thank Goodness” which if she’s doing that for that particular reason, then that’s cool. There’s not a lot of choreography this time because of the nature of the movie but the choreography we get at the start during “Every Day” was very fun and reminded me of the walking choreo during “What is this Feeling?” I was surprised at Glinda being added to “Wonderful” but that was a smart change because it adds to Elphaba potentially being influenced in the moment.

Emotional. While I didn’t have the same type of reactions as I had in the first one, I still cried at the end, especially during “For Good”. The way they chose to show Elphaba’s confrontation with Dorothy (which is similar to how they do it in the stage show) was very emotional, even though I knew the story going in. But it’s acted very well, the music is swelling and everything leading up to this moment really lands here. I can understand why other people would get emotional throughout parts of the movie because of the emotions the characters are going through and maybe a lot of it can hit very close to home. I do think there was a chance to expound on somethings to hit harder for me but I think the emotional beats are still strong here.

Costumes/Character Design/Set Design. 

• Costumes –Paul Tazewell continues with the costumes, and I think they’re still really good. I have a love hate relationship with Elphaba’s jacket because of the collar but I love the sheer outfit she wears towards the end. The jokes about her “As Long As Your Mine” sweater have been hilarious and I’m not sure how I feel about it but I like that she changes into it because she’s showing vulnerability as this is the first time we even see more of Elphaba than just her face and hands. I love a long and oversized clothing item so I should love it, but I don’t love it, but I don’t hate it. Glinda’s wardrobe is clearly the star of the show as she gets to wear the most clothing options. I loved her first outfit; it was very Galinda of her. Her blue bubble dress is pretty, and it pays homage to the blue bubble dress from the stage show. I prefer it without the ruffled shoulders but it’s very pretty on her, I think the color is very flattering. I was surprised that her wedding dress was quite simple, but it was lovely (but I thought it was a little ill-fitting on her chest), but I really loved the little pink robe she wore over it during “Wonderful”. Then of course her choice to wear her pink bubble dress has a lot of significance to her character arc which I liked.
• Set Design/Character Design – I really liked Elphaba’s hovel. It was earthy and it felt like a place Elphaba would choose to create for herself while hiding out. There are a lot of things on the walls that indicate her mission to expose the wizard and save the animals, which tracks. But also just the fact that there’s so much nature around her, Elphaba clearly has a connection to the earth which is why I think she’s always felt so strongly about the animals and their treatment. I thought the “No Good Deed” sequence was pretty cool and how that set looked, I’m sure it was mostly CGI but it was pretty good. The sequence for “No Place like Home” was also nice. I think there were some nice sets in there. We see Lion, Scarecrow and Tin Man, I thought Lion looked good and his perpetual nervous face. Tin Man looks SO GOOD, oh my god. When they showed him on screen I literally gasped. I unfortunately didn’t like how Scarecrow looked when we saw him up close but I liked it from afar.

Direction and Visual Effects. “The Girl in the Bubble” sequence was technically amazing. I loved how everything was filmed through mirrors, which was a really cool touch! Probably one of the most creative sequences in the movie. “No Good Deed” had a lot of really cool things in there and showcasing potentially just how powerful Elphaba potentially is (or could be). The tornado sequence was cool and dramatic. There’s a huge confrontation at the end with Dorothy and Elphaba and I thought that was filmed smartly. It was effective.

The Story/Impact. Just in case you ignored my little message at the top, Wicked is fundamentally a fanfiction of The Wizard of Oz and nothing that happens in it is canon to the 1939 movie or the original story. With that said, I think the story for Wicked as a whole is very interesting and I think the bit about saving the animals as they have been around forever in Oz and making sure they still have a place is important and I think they did a good job making that more of a focal point. All of the characters’ personal struggles are also interesting on a base level. Elphaba’s struggle with trying to fight the system but doing it the “hard way” and then of course her own self-worth. Glinda’s story and discovering what’s the most important things. I think Fiyero is really interesting in this movie and the complexities of his position, his morals and feelings surrounding both women. Plus, Nessa and Boq. There is so much potential in this story and telling Act 2 in a full two-hour time frame. It also remains timeless and I’m sure most people can relate even if they don’t live in a distance land where animals speak, and people say things regularly like “clock-tick” and “congratulotions”.

Cons: I think most of my problems with the movie do stem directly from the musical having the same problems but you can mostly will it away on stage because of how fast a stage musical goes compared to a movie, especially one that took a 2 hour stage musical and broke it up into two 2 hr. films.

New Songs/Lyric changes. I thought about it for a long time, watched the movie twice and listened to them outside of the movie but as of right now, I don’t like the two new songs in the movie. Also, some of these songs have super long intros and outros in the movie. On the soundtrack it’s fine but good lord. Cut that and give me more screentime for important stuff!

• “No Place Like Home” is sung by Elphaba during a sequence where she sees animals leaving Oz through a tunnel they opened under the Yellow Brick Road. She doesn’t want them to leave Oz because it’s their home and they should fight for it. I do think this song works better than Glinda’s song but there should have been a callback to it later in the movie. You can’t just add new songs to a movie adaptation of a stage musical and not tie it back later, especially with how Elphaba’s story ENDS.
• “Girl in the Bubble” is Glinda’s new song and it’s fine I guess but it doesn’t work for me and having seen the movie twice now, that hasn’t changed. I think either the placement in the film is wrong, or the song doesn’t work for me overall. I saw someone say it should have been a “Popular” reprise, and I like this idea way better. The arguments for the song have been that it showcases Glinda’s thoughts with everything that’s happened, and I get that, but I think it’s unnecessary. We literally see this happen throughout the movie! We don’t need a song of her realization, we see it happening in real time. Also… I don’t think it sounds like a Wicked song.
• “Thank Goodness” is one of my favorite songs from the OBC. It’s underrated but I’m still not sure how I feel about it in the movie. I didn’t really like it much on my first watch and I’m not sure why. Ariana sounds great but something about it doesn’t work for me. I didn’t like the removal of most of MM’s parts, and I know it’s because Michelle Yeoh can’t sing but it was irritating to me. I like this song too much for me not to like it much in the movie.
• “No Good Deed” the only thing missing from this song is Elphaba’s FIYERO at the beginning. It’s not even on the soundtrack. In the movie, Glinda still yells it and of course in the show, it bleeds into Elphaba’s as the song comes in and I didn’t expect them to do that exactly but I think it adds to Elphaba’s desperation to save Fiyero after he sacrificed himself for her and I think not having makes the instrumental intro way too long. Even on the soundtrack, they don’t even keep in Glinda’s FIYERO! I don’t like that.
• “Wonderful” has a lot of changes and I didn’t like a lot of them. I read the changes were because they wanted to emphasize how the Wizard is a conman, and it would add more oomph to Elphaba wanting to expose him. Sure, but it’s on the nose and it changes the feel of the song overall.

The new lyrics don’t add anything or give any more depth to the Wizard compared to the original lyrics. “Wonderful” is meant to be a vulnerable moment for the Wizard. Glinda isn’t in the original song so the Wizard has to appeal to Elphaba all on his own and he does! She sings “it does sound wonderful”, but changing the lyrics AND adding Glinda to the song takes that away. I really don’t mind Glinda’s addition, but it feels like they didn’t believe that Elphaba could be swayed by the Wizard alone. She’s desperate, she wants to believe him, she even tells him that no one believed in him more than her. Keeping the original lyrics and adding Glinda would just make it easier for her to want to stop fighting the way she has been. It just makes me frown. There are a few other changes in this song, but I guess they didn’t fit in with how they were telling the story here.

Weird Blocking/Direction. (spoilers here) I remember the direction being a topic of discussion from the first movie and I watched a video recently of someone talking about how Jon Chu didn’t frame a lot of the musical production pieces correctly and honestly, I didn’t even think about that because I thought the first movie was very good overall but because For Good feels like a second part and not a standalone the way the first one does, I think I noticed things a bit more this time. The way Chu decided to frame things during some sequences was very annoying. I didn’t like Elphaba singing her line in “As Long as You’re Mine” not LOOKING at Fiyero. The introduction to that song is so long that she could have changed into her little cardigan before she started to sing. Elphaba didn’t need to make them float, it was cheesy. I think she was showing off and trying to be cute (and I get it, especially after seeing how Jonathan Bailey talked about it recently) but I just rolled my eyes. This song is very sensual, and I read they toned it down to make it more accessible to the general audience and I hate that, but I also think the chemistry between Jonathan and Cynthia is still quite sensual. I get the idea is “oh Elphaba is shy, unsure, she doesn’t believe he’s into her” which I totally get. I get the intention, but it feels awkward. Like I said, the intro is so long that they could have conversed then sang the song. Choosing to insert a flashback to illustrate the friend group between Elphaba, Glinda, Nessa, Boq and Fiyero when we never saw it in the first movie really angered me. One of my gripes with the first film was not showing enough of the relationship between Elphaba and Glinda and the passage of time in general. So, to put it here I thought was egregious. We can’t look fondly back on that because we never saw it. I know they probably didn’t want to show this shot.

BUT I think they could have included the sequence but have it been a wide shot or from far away or overhead so we don’t see it exactly like this. I felt cheated out of a moment. Lastly, I really think “For Good” should have been staged differently. They basically took what happens on the stage where Elphaba and Glinda just stand and sing to each other, but I think for a movie there was a chance for it to be different. I didn’t need it to be grand or super dramatic, but outside of their voices being too soft at times, it needed something else. Maybe there needed to be better lightning, or maybe it needed to plop in a montage… I don’t know but while I cried just off the nature of the moment, the song and the acting, I couldn’t help but feel dissatisfied. The sequence where Glinda and Elphaba are on the brooms during “Wonderful” was a great visual that I think “For Good” could have done something along those lines. It needs to be intimate for sure but on my second watch, I was definitely thinking it could have been staged differently.

Nessarose and Boq/Munchkinland. (Also spoilers here) This kind of ties into the last point, but I wanted to give it its own point. I think there was a chance to really dig into this aspect of the story. I don’t think what we got was enough in the grand scheme of these characters and how their choices have long lasting consequences. Not that we needed to see Governor Thropp’s funeral or see all of Nessa’s duties as Governor, but I do think we needed to see more scenes with her and Boq and her and Munchkinland, especially after the travel ban. Were there no uprisings? No protests? The citizens are Oz are important to this story because of how they interact with the main characters, so why are we ignoring them? Show them being upset that they can’t leave their country without signed travel papers and Nessa being dismissive of their concerns or blaming everyone else since she victimizes herself. I think it would have been interesting to see the Munchkins reacting to her negatively being the Wicked Witch’s sister and of course certain choices she might have made. Or show how she’s projecting because of how she feels about her relation to Elphaba which causes her to view herself as the Wicked Witch of the East. No one has to call her that outright so the first time we hear it is when she sings it. In addition to all that, while I liked what they did with her shoes and having her float instead of walk, they needed to utilize it more. The spell Elphaba casts had the intention to make Nessa feel the way she felt at the Ozdust where she “floated on air”, which makes her float. The spell is triggered by desire (which is why it works for Dorothy later in this story) so why didn’t she grab the Grimmerie and float out of arm’s length? I thought it was silly in the stage show for Elphaba to not snatch the book away from Nessa when she was reading it wrong and it’s still silly. Also also, when Boq sees that Nessa is floating, he says “You did this? To make her happy? Maybe now I’ll matter less to you” and there’s a lot to unpack but we literally only see her go up and come down. Very Peter Pan. We don’t see her move around or do anything to show that she has control over her movement. Sure, he can think he’ll matter less because she doesn’t have to be in the chair anymore, but since we don’t see her moving around, we don’t know if she can actually fly about. Which is why, she should have taken the book and floated out of reach. “Elphaba, how do you read this? Ah-tum…” it’s just frustrating to see her roll right by Elphaba “You’ll lose your heart to ME, I tell you. I have to… magic spell you” and not be stopped. I’ve snatched things away from my siblings (and my niece and nephew) many times. I think in the end, there was a chance to expound on this more and the fact the movie didn’t take that opportunity is sad to me. Oh, one last thing, I think when Boq bursts through the door frightening Nessa and being aggressive, before he runs out I think Nessa could have said “I love you, I need you to love me!” or that could have been in there somewhere. In the end, this entire plotline was rushed and not fleshed out and it needed to be.

Missed Opportunities/Need Expansions/Rushed. Continuing on with points that all bleed into each other lol. There are a few missed opportunities that could have helped the movie in my opinion. I think Fiyero should have gotten a new song since we’re adding new songs to the film. I’m not sure where I would have put it since it feels like there are back-to-back songs, but I think he needed one. Maybe before the wedding sequence or when he meets up with the Monkeys before finding Elphaba and Glinda in Munchkinland.

Also where was this dress? I remember seeing it when the movie was releasing posters AND it was an official poster in my AMC theater. This should have been the “Thank Goodness” dress, and I’m annoyed she wore her blue dress instead of something like this.

There was a chance to expound more on the Wizard finding out the big secret. It really comes and goes, and it shouldn’t have. Glinda packs up both the Wizard and Morrible quickly and while it’s funny, I think Morrible would have put up more of a fight, she does have magic after all. The Wizard fine, he’s a coward but it just all happens so fast. We didn’t need to see Dorothy’s face since it isn’t her story, but I do think there could have been a few scenes with the companions considering they’re all Ozians and what that could mean for each other. Like did any of them recognize each other? Plus, in March of the Witch Hunters, you don’t even see Dorothy and Scarecrow in the crowd. I looked for them both times I saw the movie. I know the movie isn’t about this aspect of the story, but I feel like we needed something. I also didn’t think we needed a Galinda flashback, Scarlett Spears was super cute but it was unnecessary. The situation with Nessa before Glinda and Elphaba start to argue also needed more time.

Other Issues. They said “clock tick” way too much. My friend pointed out how Glinda says “just a sec” in the first part while in her bubble in Munchkinland and it’s never said in part 1 so it feels random to start saying it in Part 2. Then they just say it so much and they didn’t need to. I also was annoyed that they switched the “I can’t believe you get around on that old thing”, “Well we can’t all come and go by bubble” to an earlier interaction and made it sweet. I prefer it during the argument, I think it fits in the moment better (Glinda’s line would slightly change as they changed it a bit to fit where they slotted it). I think they needed to show a kiss or a more intimate moment between Fiyero and Glinda. I hate that people are saying they never loved each other and that Glinda only loved the idea of Fiyero and that’s just not true. Glinda literally says at the train station “I don’t even think he’s perfect anymore but I don’t care… I just want him.” She does love him. Fiyero does love G(a)linda , he clearly cares very deeply about her and I think there should have been a few more moments between the two of them to showcase this. He doesn’t hate her… but I won’t get more into that as I feel like I already said too much! I feel strongly about how the Scarecrow looks. That’s all I’ll say on that again.

Overall, it may sound like I didn’t like the movie, but I did like it just not as much as Part 1. The strong things I think were strong but there were also a lot of things that I think fell flat and didn’t land the way they could/should have. Perhaps watching the two movies together will be helpful upon future viewings but I think For Good as a stand-alone feels too rushed in so many aspects and I think because the second half of the stage show has major problems, that they the same issues translated into the movie. Which is unfortunate. But I do like it! I just think the first one manages to feel more complete and works better and there was a chance for this one to really elevate the weaknesses of Act 2. But I think where the characters end up is the most part of this story and it’s worth experiencing the talent of everyone involved. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande continues being amazing in their roles, separate and apart. Jonathan Bailey gets a bit more to do and I think he is amazing. Ethan Slater is a force, and I thought he was so strong in all of the scenes, probably the standout of this movie for me. The costumes and set design were all good. The music is great, and I love listening to the slightly new but timeless arrangements of these songs. But there are some struggles and unfortunately, they’re big ones.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars.

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