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This comic children's fantasy from director Michael Ritchie stars Mara Wilson as eight-year-old New Yorker Anabel, who wishes that her father Oliver (Robert Pastorelli), a hansom cab driver in Central Park, would see his dream come true. In a thinly veiled jab at the overblown stage productions of Andrew Lloyd Weber, Oliver aspires to be cast in the lead role in a new big-budget musical based on A Tale of Two Cities. Anabel's wish is received by Murray (Martin Short), the very first male fairy
Jul 11, 1997 Wide
Jun 30, 1998
Universal Pictures
All Critics (30) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (11)
Above average kids movie. The girl has real brains, which is great for kids to see.
It's not brilliant or for adults, but it's a nice, pleasant movie you can pretend to be eight years old with.
A so-so movie about a kid who makes a wish and it comes true. It's pretty predictable, and not very funny.
September 6, 2010Super Reviewer
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