A Simple Wish

Name: A Simple Wish
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Released: 1997-07-11T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 5.5

About A Simple Wish

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 musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic wand is broken and the fairies convention is threatened by evil witches Claudia and Boots.

A Simple Wish is a 1997 comedy fantasy film directed by Michael Ritchie. At 89 minutes long, it arrived in July 1997.

The film is filed under wish, fairy godmother, and magic.

Martin Short appears as Murray, Kathleen Turner as Claudia, Mara Wilson as Anabel Greening, and Robert Pastorelli as Oliver Greening. The screenplay is by Jeff Rothberg.

Shrek 2, Aladdin, and Pinocchio make useful companions to A Simple Wish. TMDB voters put it at 5.5 out of 10 across 179 votes and it carries a PG rating.