“Everyone deserves the chance to fly.”
Wicked follows Elphaba, a green-skinned young woman who arrives at Shiz University feeling out of place in Oz. There she is paired with Glinda, a polished and popular student, and their uneasy start gives way to a bond that is tested as each begins to move toward a very different future. The film traces how their connection grows under pressure from the world around them, turning private hurt and ambition into a larger story of identity and choice.
The film was released in 2024 and runs 162 minutes. It is a fantasy drama with romantic elements, and it places its central relationship at the heart of the story. The cast includes Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, carrying the role through her struggle to belong, and Ariana Grande as Glinda, whose confidence masks a more complicated path. Their performances anchor the film’s emotional shifts as the two women are drawn together and then pulled apart by circumstance.
Set in Oz, the story moves through a bright but uneasy world where status, difference and belonging shape every encounter. Its tone balances wonder with tension, using spectacle to frame a friendship that is both tender and strained. Beneath the fantasy surface, the film looks at how people are judged before they are understood.
The film was released in 2024 and runs 162 minutes. It is a fantasy drama with romantic elements, and it places its central relationship at the heart of the story. The cast includes Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, carrying the role through her struggle to belong, and Ariana Grande as Glinda, whose confidence masks a more complicated path. Their performances anchor the film’s emotional shifts as the two women are drawn together and then pulled apart by circumstance.
Set in Oz, the story moves through a bright but uneasy world where status, difference and belonging shape every encounter. Its tone balances wonder with tension, using spectacle to frame a friendship that is both tender and strained. Beneath the fantasy surface, the film looks at how people are judged before they are understood.
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6.9 / 10