If you hadn’t already noticed, 2023 is the year The Walt Disney Company celebrated a century of entertaining audiences and hitting us all right in the feels. So it stands to reason that Wish, a film that, to quote Pinocchio’s Jiminy Cricket, highlights the importance of “when you wish upon a star”, was chosen as the entertainment behemoth’s offering to tie in with its centenary festivities.
Fittingly, Wish is a charming fantasy flick that delivers a modern-day fairy tale while anchored firmly in the House of Mouse’s illustrious animated history. In it, we’re transported to the utopian land of Rosas, where a seemingly benevolent sorcerer King Magnifico (voiced by Chris Pine, clearly having a ball in this role), has the task of taking care of the townspeople’s wishes – orbs that physically bear a striking similarity to the core memories of beloved Pixar movie Inside Out – and, each month, grants one of said wishes.
