{"id":848,"date":"2023-11-21T15:31:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T15:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/life-style\/genie-review-wishing-for-a-better-movie\/"},"modified":"2023-11-21T15:31:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T15:31:58","slug":"genie-review-wishing-for-a-better-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/life-style\/genie-review-wishing-for-a-better-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Genie\u2019 Review: Wishing for a Better Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"


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In conventional, old-fashioned stories about wish-granting genies, the number of wishes is limited to three, the better to deliver a solid punchline or useful lesson. In our consumerist and content-crazy times, a mere three wishes won\u2019t do. \u201cGenie,\u201d a new film directed by Sam Boyd, stars Melissa McCarthy<\/a> as Flora, a genie unleashed by an overworked dad as he massages an old jewel box he tried to pass off as a birthday present for the daughter whose celebration he missed.<\/p>\n

Flora offers Bernard (Paapa Essiedu) unlimited wishes by which to save his marriage, delight his daughter, take revenge on his bad boss (Alan Cumming) and enhance his home art collection. Predictably, at least if you\u2019ve seen \u201cAladdin,\u201d Flora is an ancient being who speaks colloquial American English with a deft command of idioms, but also doesn\u2019t know what pizza is. Her riffing is typically McCarthyesque but feels strained at times. Guessing her new master\u2019s desires, she reaches: \u201cGirls? Gold? Golden girls?\u201d When pressed, would McCarthy claim credit for that bit, or would the screenwriter Richard Curtis?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n