A lot better than I thought

Rating: 7/10 (9 June 2019)

After seeing the trailer, and blue cgi Will Smith in particular, I was expecting a pretty awful film. It wasn't though. It was kitsch but colorful, the songs were the songs we know and love (minus the new one by Princess Jasmine, who was kind of a let down), the actors were good (minus Jafar who was more a of a brat here that his malicious cartoon counterpart) and yes, although Robin Williams will be always missed, Will Smith was pretty good and fortunately not blue most of the time.
The direction was, however, completely uninspired.
All in all, an entertaining film although I can't really see the reason it was made (apart from the obvious, financial one).