Good but not great

Rating: 7/10 (28 May 2019)

For younger children who never got to experience the original version will love this. The adults who loved the original version will enjoy but not love. I did love Jasmine's Speechless song as well as the modernization. However the other songs feel flat, especially One Jump. One Jump just felt... Wrong and I'm not sure why. The actors did a great job with the material they were given though Jafar was very lacking. Now for the elephant in the room: the genie. I love Will Smith don't get me wrong but his version of the genie just feel short for me. I think the director wanted Will to be Robin Williams. But guess what he's not. And we have to remember that the character of the genie was specifically written for Robin Williams. Will Smith had big shoes to fill and he did a good job but it just left me with wanting more. Genie was eccentric and that's what was missing. Will Smith is great at comedy but not so much the Improv.