WICKED FOR GOOD

Director: Jon M. Chu
Starring: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh, Marissa Bode, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Brownwyn James

Audiences have been changed for good because of both Wicked movies. The first Wicked movie was only the first act of the Broadway musical, and Wicked For Good is the second act now played out on the big screen. Writer Winnie Holzman and director Jon M. Chu have fleshed it out a bit more and have taken some bigger risks. We know that Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba has flown off, now in hiding as she plots her next move. The Wizard’s work manipulating the Ozians marches on as he builds the Yellow Brick Road. Meanwhile, Glinda (played to perfection by Ariana Grande) is reveling in the new spotlight put on her. She loves fame and now has everything she wants including getting married to Prince Fiyero. She is realizing it comes at a cost given what has happened to her best friend Elphaba and the blatant lies coming out of the Wizard and Madame Morrible. They have rebranded Elphaba as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda as Glinda the Good. They are stoking fear amongst Ozians to not just hate Elphaba, but their propaganda reaches to anti-munchkin, anti-animal territory. Elphaba will stop at nothing to expose the Wizard for who he truly is. Now in theaters

Here’s my review