Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic wand is broken and the fairies convention is threatened by evil witches Claudia and Boots.
A Simple Wish has generally received positive reviews.
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A Simple Wish was released in 1997 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 146 reviews, giving A Simple Wish (1997) an average rating of 61%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 66%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 60%.
With a score of 61%, A Simple Wish is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1997, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1997 with similar scores include films like Event Horizon, Tomorrow Never Dies and The Saint.
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