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Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway...
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A bad fairy godmother turns Anabel's father into a statue. Now it's up to Marty, Anabel & her brother to turn her father back and to save all the good fairies at the fairy convention. Movie, A ...
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Jul 11, 1997 · A Simple Wish: Directed by Michael Ritchie. With Robert Pastorelli, Ruby Dee, Francis Capra, Jonathan Hadary. A bumbling fairy godfather tries to grant a girl's wish that her cabby father lands a Broadway role.
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- Comedy, Family, Fantasy
- Michael Ritchie
- 1997-07-11
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 aspiring actor, wins the leading role in a Broadway musical.
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.
Eight-year-old Annabel (Mara Wilson) is rooting for her father, Oliver (Robert Pastorelli), to get the lead part in a new musical, but he doesn't have the same name recognition as arrogant actor...
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- Kids & Family, Fantasy
- PG
Jul 11, 1997 · Preview. Wishlist. When Anabel (Mara Wilson) wished for a fairy-godmother, she never dreamed his name would be Murray (Martin Short)! Before you can say "SHABOOM," Anabel quickly learns that Murray is short on experience and long on excuses.