Another shameless money grab by Disney

Rating: 4/10 (27 May 2019)

I must admit I didn't have high hopes from the beginning, but i still tried to be optimistic given the director.
The acting is terrible on the part of basically every character. Unfortunately, this even includes the performances by actors who can actually act as well as those without the higher expectations. The best acting in the whole film was courtesy of the magic carpet which happened to also be completely CGI, and had no speaking lines.
The casting itself just seemed completely wrong. Will smith could have been a good genie, if he was allowed to be himself. Instead the writing and directing seemed to dictate that he attempt to replicate robin williams. Aladdin and jasmine were ok as far as looks go, but again the acting was so abysmal that any casting points earned were omitted. Finally, Jafar was perhaps the worst cast character in the entire film.
Anyway, my opinion is that this dreadful film was merely a shameless money grab by Disney. Aladdin has more resemblance to a badly filmed stage play than to the original Disney cartoon from whence it came.