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A Balasaur Score of 45 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 21%. Audiences rate it 32 points higher than critics do. Most of the 443 1990s adventure movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes21%
Audiences rate it 32 points higher than critics do.
179 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael RitchieDirector
- Jeff RothbergScreenplay
- Bruce BroughtonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Martin ShortMurray
- Kathleen TurnerClaudia
- Mara WilsonAnabel Greening
- Robert PastorelliOliver Greening
- Deborah OdellJeri
- Francis CapraCharlie Greening
- Ruby DeeHortence
- Amanda PlummerBoots
- Teri GarrRena
- Jonathan HadaryLord Richard
- Alan CampbellTony Sable
- Lanny FlahertyDuane
Stills
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Shares: Urban Fantasy · Magic · Adventure
