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Jul 1, 1997 · In A SIMPLE WISH, a little girl (Mara Wilson) learns to make her wishes come true by utilizing the services of a geeky, male fairy godmother-apprentice (Martin Short). A SIMPLE WISH opens with a roomful of dignified middle-aged woman, who take an exam to be fairy godmothers.
- Michael Ritchie
- Martin Short
Jul 11, 1997 · Here are the ingredients for a funny family movie about an incompetent fairy godperson (Martin Short), but there's nothing much to really care about, and characters go off on their own without it much mattering. The movie stars Short as a trainee male godmother named Murray.
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Jul 11, 1997 · A Simple Wish isn't a perfect family film, but it is a nice, simple and amusing one. Of course the story is a tad messy and predictable, it's all a bit basic and the script on the weak and cheesy side. But kids will definitely like it, and adults might too.
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- Comedy, Family, Fantasy
- Michael Ritchie
- 1997-07-11
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A Simple Wish is a 1997 American children's-fantasy-comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie, and starring Martin Short, Mara Wilson, and Kathleen Turner. The film is about a bumbling male fairy godmother named Murray (Short), who tries to prove himself capable by helping a young girl named Annabel (Wilson) fulfill her wish that her father, an ...
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When Murray (Martin Short), the first-ever male fairy godmother, is sent to help Annabel, he bungles the wish badly and turns her dad into a statue in Central Park. Meanwhile, evil Claudia ...
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