Disney's 100-years anniversary animated feature tries to capture the essence of the brand with a story about the power of dreams and wishes, which here can literally come true through a wish ceremony, but when young Asha rebels against the selective system and wishes on a star, she has to become a fugitive and try to save the kingdom from its increasingly-evil ruler. The animation style has an interesting storybook-illustration quality, the frequent musical numbers are forgettably bland and upbeat, and the film follows the modern Disney template of relegating the male characters to egotistical idiots and minor supporting enablers. With its feisty female protagonist, talking animals sidekicks and soaring Broadway-style numbers at the expense of plot development, Wish feels like a Disney greatest-hits compilation that is very familiar, unremarkable and not a classic. The sweet little end-credits scene is a nice appropriate touch.
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