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- 2023
- PG
- Peacock
- 1 h 33 m
- 2023
- PG
- Peacock
- 1 h 33 m
Summary The film is a fairy-tale comedy about a workaholic man who enlists the help of a magical genie to help win his family back before Christmas.
Directed By: Sam Boyd
Written By: Richard Curtis
- 2023
- PG
- Peacock
- 1 h 33 m
- 2023
- PG
- Peacock
- 1 h 33 m
Genie
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4.9
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Summary The film is a fairy-tale comedy about a workaholic man who enlists the help of a magical genie to help win his family back before Christmas.
Directed By: Sam Boyd
Written By: Richard Curtis
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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57% Mixed
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43% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
35
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
57% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
43% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Absurdly, the film ends up flouting its own self-imposed rules to reach a suitably syrupy conclusion – and thereby avoid the more bittersweet, thought-provoking landing you find yourself wondering if it has the courage to go for. Well, it doesn’t: Genie is a sugar-only zone. But then, it is Christmas. Or near enough.
The funny moments in Genie, and there are a handful of them, emerge mostly from McCarthy just tossing off lines with her dislocating insouciance.
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User Score
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Based on 14 User Ratings
4.9
21% Positive
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29% Negative
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It's a PG-rated movie about a goofy genie and a dad who learns a life lesson, so the bar may be low for families looking for a bit of Hallmark-esque escapism this holiday season. But that doesn’t mean one can’t wish this was better.
Critiquing the very thing it also sets out to do, Genie is the movie equivalent of a dog chasing its own tail, but is (barely) saved from the wrapping-paper pile by the amiable chemistry of its stars.
The holiday themes feel arbitrary and tacked on; one guesses the script was rescued from Curtis’s bottom drawer and spruced up with some Christmas fairy dust. The story, finally, is only about a man who learns the true meaning of punctuality.
It’s as if everyone involved is terrified of actually making people laugh in case that gives offence somehow, or disrupts the algorithmic calculation that theoretically makes this a palatable piece of content. The whole thing is as bland as cellophane.
Production Company
Universal Pictures,
Peacock Productions,
Working Title Films,
Linden Productions,
BCD Travel
Release Date Nov 22, 2023
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating PG
