4/10
The first hour is decent and the film is over-all pretty funny. Smith is actually a perfect fit for the Genie and is able to capitalize on his talents.
Unfortunately, all other actors remain rather pale in comparison. Aladdin and Jasmine give very sterile performances. The biggest disappointment is the harmless Jafar, who has nothing menacing or dark about him (unlike the one in the original). The settings and the costumes are also very artificial and never really come to life.
Further downers are the over-heavy use of (bad) CGI, especially on the animals, the long run time and the addition of unnecessary side-stories and songs. Jasmine's "speechless" power song felt very forced and awkward considering the writers did nothing to really empower her role. Overall you ask yourself why this movie was made as it added nothing to the original.
The first hour is decent and the film is over-all pretty funny. Smith is actually a perfect fit for the Genie and is able to capitalize on his talents.
Unfortunately, all other actors remain rather pale in comparison. Aladdin and Jasmine give very sterile performances. The biggest disappointment is the harmless Jafar, who has nothing menacing or dark about him (unlike the one in the original). The settings and the costumes are also very artificial and never really come to life.
Further downers are the over-heavy use of (bad) CGI, especially on the animals, the long run time and the addition of unnecessary side-stories and songs. Jasmine's "speechless" power song felt very forced and awkward considering the writers did nothing to really empower her role. Overall you ask yourself why this movie was made as it added nothing to the original.