Aladdin (2019)

A kind-hearted street urchin and a power-hungry Grand Vizier vie for a magic lamp that has the power to make their deepest wishes come true.

Director:

Guy Ritchie

Writers:

John August (screenplay by), Guy Ritchie (screenplay by)

Stars:

Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott

8 wins & 38 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Will Smith	...	Genie / Mariner
Mena Massoud	...	Aladdin
Naomi Scott	...	Jasmine
Marwan Kenzari	...	Jafar
Navid Negahban	...	Sultan
Nasim Pedrad	...	Dalia
Billy Magnussen	...	Prince Anders
Jordan A. Nash	...	Omar (as Jordan Nash)
Taliyah Blair	...	Lian
Aubrey Lin	...	Omi
Amir Boutrous	...	Jamal
Numan Acar	...	Hakim
Omari Bernard	...	Guard #1
Nathaniel Ellul	...	Guard #2
Sebastien Torkia	...	Guard #3

Storyline

A kind-hearted street urchin Aladdin vies for the love of the beautiful princess Jasmine, the princess of Agrabah. When he finds a magic lamp, he uses the genie's magic power to make himself a prince in order to marry her. He's also on a mission to stop the powerful Jafar who plots to steal the magic lamp that could make his deepest wishes come true.

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Plot Keywords:

hero | monkey | genie character | tiger | parrot | 

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Taglines:

The magic comes to life

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Genres:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Musical | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some action/peril

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the "Friend Like Me" number, both the Genie and the Carpet do the Carlton dance from Will Smith's comedy The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990).

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Goofs

When Prince Ali's entourage sings the first line of "Make way for Prince Ali!" the green turban marchers suddenly have no flag staffs, and are marching with their arms swinging, then in the next scene are carrying their staffs again.

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Quotes

Aladdin: Abu, no!
Cave of Wonders: You have touched the forbidden treasure! Now, you will never again see the light of day!

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Crazy Credits

SPOILER: Part of the closing credits are shown over the weddings of Aladdin with Jasmine and Genie with Dalia, where everyone dances to "Friend Like Me". This came from the Broadway performance of Aladdin, which ends with the cast performing "Friend Like Me".

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Connections

References Hitch (2005)

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Soundtracks

A Whole New World (End Title)
Written by Alan Menken, Tim Rice
Produced by The Salt Wives (as Saltwives)
Mixed by Phil Tan
Performed by Zayn Malik (as Zayn) and Zhavia Ward
Zayn appears courtesy of RCA Records
Zhavia Ward appears courtesy of Columbia Records

User Reviews

I don't understand why the critics are bashing on this one.

I honestly didn't know what I was going into and it was such a delightful surprise! It really exceeded my expectations and I had fun during the whole movie. Critics are really being harsh and I can't believe that beauty and the beast was more critically praised. The movie was so bland and boring while this one has so much energy and life to it. The characters had amazing chemistry with each other and the lines were delivered smoothly. The two things I was worried about that subsided as soon as the movie started are: 1- Jafar's character: Marwan tries his best to make but the material he's given isn't strong enough. I wish they developed his character more. However, I didn't mind the change they did it with his character as it fits more with this version. 2- Cultural representation: The trailers made the movie look like a production from bollywood. Not hating on the Indian culture, but it really annoyed me as Arab to see a Middle Eastern/Arabic folk tale that we all know long before Disney introduced it to the world to be represented in a fully different culture. Fortunately, the movie looks and feels way more Arabian such Arabic writings here and there, hearing some people speaking Arabic briefly, the names and appearance of the people of Agrabah and of course the amazing score! Although there are some slight hints of India/South Asia in the clothing and dancing, but I didn't mind that at all.

I would've give it a 10 if the cinematography was better. This is my only issue with movie as it looked like high budget TV soap opera in some scenes.

Don't miss on this one! You'll have fun.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Site

Country:

UK USA Australia

Language:

English Arabic

Release Date:

24 May 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Aladdin

Filming Locations:

Longcross, Surrey, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$183,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$91,500,929, 26 May 2019

Gross USA:

$355,559,216

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,050,693,953

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Pictures, Lin Pictures, Rideback

Technical Specs

Runtime:

128 min

Sound Mix:

IMAX 6-Track (IMAX version) DTS (DTS: X) Dolby Digital Dolby Atmos 12-Track Digital Sound (IMAX 12 track) Dolby Surround 7.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1