WICKED Movie Review **SPOILER ALERT**

[@Missjunebugfreak]

"Her mama's just a hoe" I love how Joseph doesn't mince words. 😂😂

[@querellenono2683]

Well, I guess so, Daddy not out the house good and she has another man lined up, Damn!!!

[@melissak8419]

My Mom uses the word "hussy" and was just reading the book the other day, and lo and behold her Mom is called a hussy 😆🤣😆🤣

[@hungtotheover3385]

Nick in the thumbnail looking like Joseph just professed his love for Ariana Grande 😂

[@jool4867]

She’s too skinny.

[@wellergurl]

😭😭 "The horse can talk and the horse was talkin' sh*t !!" 🐴👍

[@joerubbo2362]

Joseph your biceps look amazing

[@chapterblaq]

I never noticed and I've been watching for a few years 😂 now I can't unsee it 🙂‍↕️

[@rosswatson3993]

💪

[@BobJenkins-ez1jl]

Yeah,and.... Sycaphant

[@TauraunRedd]

I come here for him lol ❤❤❤❤

[@rayanaanthony4358]

“Wednesday Adam’s outfit and ugly ass hat” 😂. Love the way you break these movies down

[@senaawl]

With all the negative media banter surrounding this film, I'm glad that it's good!

[@JoshuaBarrio]

It has nothing but positive reviews from people who have actually seen / reviewed it. Rotten Tomatoes, IMDb, Letterboxd.

[@YahsonAli]

Nowadays i don't go to the movies unless a fish jelly review gives their tea first 😂❤🔥 I've been subbed for awhile now, thanks for all the hard work you 2 do that we DONT see!! Keep up the great work

[@grumpy8bur]

I just watched last night and loved it more than I thought I would. Excited to finish this review of y’all’s ♡

[@capriamoon]

I love how when someone looks older than their character’s age, Joesph always goes right to “they look elderly” 😂😂

[@shelwhitfield1905]

He is too funny! 😂

[@katen5598]

They're supposed to be 18-20 in act 1. By the end of the musical, they are 25. But yeah, they both look older than typical college students so it's weird to see them act so immature.

[@Shane-jg6pr]

In L. Frank Baum’s book (which Wicked is a prequel to- not the 1939 movie) the Munchkins are not described as being super short like a dwarf, but just shorter than everyone else. When Dorothy gets there she describes them as shorter than the adults she is used to, but about the same height as her. Dorothy is significantly taller than the Munchkins in the 1939 movie, whose creators took it upon themselves to cast like that.

[@aseygirl9295]

Just got home from seeing it and was blown away - the sets, the singing, the performing, the chemistry between Cynthia and Ariana, all of it exceeded my expectations. I am a fan of Wicked and seeing how well they brought this story to life on the big screen was so fun 🙌🏼 I agree with you guys regarding Michelle and Jeff’s singing… definitely wasn’t needed and felt a little cringy 😂

[@ACF1972JHB]

The Proustian madeleine of Nick’s recollection of the book and the moral panicked grandparents and the white-out is a very moving moment. As for Joseph calling Bowen ‘elderly’ and Nick riffing about ‘post-graduates’: delicious. 🤣

[@dragonchariot]

Bowen Yang and Bronwyn James are non-traditional students! Maybe they worked retail for a bit, decided it was hot garbage and thought, “The only way I can see myself improving my situation is through education.”

[@Furriner]

In the Oz books, Munchkins were normal sized.

[@Mightymellv]

This 🔥

[@gingerladd6900]

Well I mean if we're going to start talking about things in the Oz books compared to this musical/book we're never going to stop!

[@ashtree333]

Well elphaba also wasn’t black. So ? What’s your point.

[@Furriner]

@@ashtree333 That Munchkins were small-sized people was an invention of the 1939 film.

[@datgrrl_official]

She's green. Maybe you need to see an eye doctor to check for colour blindness.

[@chaarli4681]

she is green because of the green elixir that her mother drinks, affecting the baby’s skin. but SPOILERS FOR PART 2!! the reason she has powers is because that man is the wizard, and since he is a man from kansas, like dorothy, elphaba is a child of both worlds, giving her power

[@cashaetaylor7466]

Plus, it's also the reason why she can read that book.

[@EarthEagleGT]

Joseph hitting the gym !!! Look at those biceps

[@LynneJordan11]

Dang! Look at those guns on Joseph! Heyyyyy.... 😋 The movie: for some reason, I have not cared an iota for this film so it's nice to hear a sober reasonable review of it.

[@tinkerbell8334]

Thanks for the review. Guys like and subscribe lets get these guys to 50k.😘🧚

[@js7dragon]

Joseph: Let me give you a quarter side profile of the guns. lol

[@sabrinamoskowitz488]

"Your Momma is loose as Hell." Oh, dear 😊 Joseph, you win the internet today.

[@CodesofConducts]

Joseph looking jacked !

[@TechnicJunglist]

I wanted to see this on Broadway for a long time. I was hoping this would be good despite not being a fan of Ariana. Cynthia Erivo is definitely the draw for me. She's lovely. Thanks guys. 😊

[@giovanny30516]

Saw it yesterday with amazon prime early screening, This movie was fantastic!

[@VivaciousOM]

I saw the movie last night. I loved it. Many goosebumps moments. I look forward to part two and sad to have to wait a year.

[@isiahsingleton4648]

In the original wonderful Wizard of Oz novel, there are some munchkins who are actually tall and one of those munchkins is the tin man Nicholas chopper in in Gregory Maguire‘s novel. The reason why there are some munchkins, who are tall is because they marry somebody who has a tall stature And tall stature represents higher power because alphabet is family has a high power status. That’s why all her family members is tall.

[@lucigrady8135]

I bought my family tickets for Thanksgiving night!! Hoping this is a positive review, we are all pumped! Lol.

[@laneyurban789]

Very interested to see this in person. Everyone talked about how it was going to be more like the book, but your synopsis is a point for point retelling of the musical.... wondering how the heck this is over 2 hours long

[@caseykeegan9044]

they pretty much just extended the scenes and added more context to some stuff. it's not really anything super new

[@m.gattus-reinhart845]

@@laneyurban789 There's more a one can do with movies that you can't do on stage. On stage it's limited. Movies and screen plays can develop characters and the relations between one or another whereas stage productions can leave an audience filling in the gaps. There are many including myself after seeing the stage production with a crap ton of questions. After reading Maguire's book those questions have been answered. I honestly haven't watched the movie yet but I understand there's more book than stage production. So we'll see.

[@ItsMeShaniceG]

Josephs biceps look like the Ludacris video where he was wearing fake arms! 😂

[@pizzaroneee]

11:20 that is actually what happened in the musical HSAHSHA a lot of stuff are like that in the original musical it is fast pace so it is really a good choice they made it into 2 parts. In the original it ended with the birth scene no bear, young elphaba and nessa and all that good stuff

[@noahkahan4364]

I'm acutely aware it's a part 1. It was announced when the film was announced a couple of years ago that it was a 2 pt musical. It's not in the trailers and this one is just called Wicked, but they haven't hid that it's 2 parts

[@adda312]

I literally wanted to see your review before watching this lol...i am not really familiar with the Wicked Universe aside from seeing the original Wizard of Oz movie and the Diana Ross version before. Also not too much into musicals. But I do like Ariana..and I didn't know her lil boyfriend is her love interest in this lol. I do trust your judgements so I'm gonna watch it 🎉

[@BluJae93]

Didn’t they make a movie like this with James Franco?

[@Mkm20576]

Yes, the title was Oz, The Great and Powerful

[@BluJae93]

@ well Disney does this all the time so I can’t be upset. I’m still interested in seeing this kind of

[@TechnicJunglist]

That film actually wasn't too terrible. But then again, I'm a fan of Return to Oz.

[@FishareFriendsNotFood972]

Calling Bowen Yang 'elderly' is shady ASF, lol

[@jentalksbooks]

My fav song from Wicked is Popular. 🎵🎶 I'm always singing it. Just ask my annoyed family. 😏

[@jpdaboss626]

The biceps 💪 are bicep-ing! Looking forward to seeing this and I never read the book/musical 😊

[@witchingbrew3]

That's how tom riddle was born in Harry potter. Mother had affair while drinking something off.

[@TyhiraMonet-bg3vx]

Joseph definitely looks like he’s been working out 💪🏾

[@fbueller]

17:23 So funny! I love how Joseph keeps the summary real. 😂

[@royailove]

I happened to see Wicked last night at an early screening that Amazon Prime offered through Fandango. The theater was packed! I took a friend who has never seen the musical and knew nothing about it, and both of us enjoyed it to different extents. I'd give it a solid B with Cynthia Erivo's acting and singing being the standout in the movie. As a fan of the musical, I wasn't a fan of some of the creative choices in extending/changing some of the musical numbers. That being said, the movie could have down away with Jeff Goldblum's take on Sentimental Man. I'm really looking to seeing the next part.

[@FearCollectve]

I’m here for Joseph the beefcake

[@mosesgarcia9443]

Love you Jellys...............

[@Oonagh72]

Hugs to you Nick. That story was heartbreaking. Thanks for this review. I had absolutely no faith in this film. Now I might watch it when it comes to streaming. I don’t have it in me to watch a three hour film.

[@user-friendly-b6q]

Looking forward to watching Wicked Part 1, next Friday, thank you so much guys !

[@marvelboi3416]

The school that the characters are attending is a University. Glinda and Elphaba are college students and explain why some of the other students look older than what they are. I think this version of the movie is truly based on the novel and taking some concept of the Broadway production because the book is very dark. Plus some munchkins in OZ are all not small. Most of them are regular size according to the author of the book. It's just that Hollywood made them all small especially in the first Wizard of Oz movie...... Kristin Chenoweth stated in an interview that Ariana Grande is truly paying homage to her but put her own stamp on it. FUN FACT: The main reason why they didn't actually use short people in this film is because of Peter Dinklage. He kind of frowned upon that in Hollywood which he made a big fuss it was a controversy when they announced the live-action Snow White and the Seven Dwarf which he complained about why do all short people always have to play stereotypical roles.

[@ninadekoning_]

I will never watch this movie so thank you for telling me about it so I don’t have to 😂😂

[@geodaet83]

I don't like this concept on creating a two parter without making it clear in the title that it is Actually only half the movie, albeit a very long half

[@WTFDIK]

Thank you for mentioning the plaque. Great foreboding.

[@TELEVISIONARCHIVES]

Got a sneak preview because of a Family member that works for Universal. The only negative is it didn't need to be so long. Some parts are so slow and boring

[@l.a.w3959]

Omg I couldn’t wait for this review!!❤

[@ottabee]

Thank-you for another hilarious and genuine review. I have NO intention of seeing the film(S). The book was AMAZING and very bold The rest of the books aren't nearly as good, especially the series that follows, DULLSVILLE!

[@linphillips8331]

I read that book and I swear I can't remember a single thing about it. 😶

[@mana-uv7cz]

I like how you two actually talked about sequences

[@mana-uv7cz]

In the book the green bottle worked like a ruffie

[@slavecek]

That's how I understand it's framed in the stage show, too.

[@Marinlss]

I think the movie didn't really explain her conception. The impression I got was that Elphaba thinks she's the governor's biological child, while in the book and play she knows her father was someone else that ruffied her mother.

[@mickalanelson8485]

Glad you guys saw this one, so I don't have to 😏

[@fuelbot]

"Ohhhhh. Anyway, he get fired." 🤣

[@MadailinBurnhope]

going on opening night, I bought my witch hat today!

[@sarab3417]

You better not wear that thing in the theater lol

[@Toohot2handle758]

@@sarab3417don’t be a bitch

[@1230thai]

“Thats a good story” lmaooo

[@barbraseville8984]

I would agree this movie is really well made. I was in awe a few times. I was moved by the sets, dancing, costuming, and full escape it provided. Something I didn't even think of until today is, if there was no PT II coming, they end the story in a way which is still enough to take you to The Wizard of Oz. We kind of know all we need to know for Wizard of Oz to make sense.

[@domleah1987]

Let’s go guys! 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[@rubypanterra.]

😂😂 I'm cackling all the way through this 💚

[@melissak8419]

I saw it last night. It does the stage play musical justice. It had so many Easter eggs from the Wizard of Oz, stage musical, the book, and some surprise cameos, music, dancing sequences, cinematography. The two actresses Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande owned their roles as the witches. The whole cast and crew I think did an amazing job. My husband went to the play with me and also to the movie last night. It was funny because it was mostly women and a couple of guys in the theater. I think most of the guys were going to Gladiator 2 and the women going to Wicked. But when he's not interested in a movie, he goes outside for a lot of smoke breaks and leaves early to go get the car. He stayed until the very end To Be Continued on the screen. Will probably see it again with mom, sisters, nieces that want to go.

[@larryfromlastnight6649]

I remember Kristen Chenoweth and Idina Menzel sang down im excited for the movie this was a Great Review 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@erinnadia0409]

This film just made me book a manicure appointment for tomorrow, I need swamp witch nails 😂💚🖤

[@ChristianMartin-s2z]

I was really hoping we'd finally be getting a straightforward adaptation of the novel. . .

[@grumpy8bur]

That’ll definitely come in the future

[@Toohot2handle758]

Uhhhh no!!!!! This is based off the Broadway play. NOT the book.

[@chance757]

cynthia as a person irks me so i won’t be seeing this but that’ll never stop me from watching these reviewsssss 💕

[@SSSS-wq4vn]

Watched a few interviews and she’s cool. But, that whole you erased me debacle was ridiculous.

[@cashaetaylor7466]

She is tired of yall talking bad about her.. the poster was enough is enough.. And I understand. 💯 You are not watching the movie because of her reactions show what type of person you are.... period 😂

[@sarab3417]

@@cashaetaylor7466she talked poorly of black Americans. What are you talking about?

[@Rozziefeatherschneider]

No one cares what you think.

[@Rozziefeatherschneider]

​​​​@@sarab3417No she didn't. Even if she did, you're acting as if African Americans don't talk bad about each other all the time. So stop.

[@deejayfikes]

You guys edge me so much I thought it was already up grabbed snacks and everything

[@kingstewy]

The Munchkin is supposed to be tall. That's a point in the musical.

[@BrownsBacker]

I saw it last night, and as an older person (68) raised on the 1939 Wizard of Oz yearly on TV, i was enchanted and thrilled by this rendition of the Broadway musical. Yes, it's a fantasy movie, so there are bound to be moments or choices that require a suspension of your disbelief, but that is a part of art. Imperfections are slight, miscastings are based on age and bitterness, not the talent of the performers. Yes, movies are different than theatrical offerings, however, I found this effort not only well staged and performed, but exceptionally so. It takes the theatrical material and brings it to life, with extra material that enriches and explains material that is sparse in the original. I was enthralled and enchanted by the movie and look forward to the second part. I believe that both Erivo and Grande deserve an Oscar nomination for their wonderful accomplishments. I give it an enthusiastic 8.5 out of 10...or on your scale, a 4 out of 5.

[@ThatCaliCrys]

i see this is a couple days. Just clicked to watch the pool quotes and skip to the ratings so I know what I'm getting into. I do this with Kennie JD too

[@ThisisBrandi]

Has Nick been working out lately?!?!

[@Nobobase5068]

For part 2 (SPOILERS BELOW)…. I think the best gift they have is splitting the movie in 2 because as a stage show, it Act 2 asks you suspend a LOT of disbelief for how quickly things move, get super dark, and then instantly wrap up with a nice little bow. As my one friend who saw wicked for the first time recently put it bluntly “if my freshman year college roommate told clearly dangerous people to use my sister against me directly leading to her murder because her fiancé fell in love with me by me doing…nothing, I don’t think I would forgive her that quickly lol” They’ve gotta lean into the conflict between the two of them more than just one “fight” scene that is largely played for a laugh.

[@barbraseville8984]

Omg. Tracy Flick is the PERFECT example

[@phae2013]

Nessa wasn't s@#% took me out! 😅

[@LeeBeeDeeTree51]

I'm shocked you guys like this film. I expected you to really hate it.

[@JacquelynJoyce]

Why? It’s a great film

[@LeeBeeDeeTree51]

@@JacquelynJoyce They both are very tough critics. They are entertaining to listen to, but very tough nonetheless.

[@cedriccrawford4231]

I don't care how good it is. The actress turned me off trying to play the race card over stupid shit. I hope the film fails

[@puspavelai8353]

😊As your other points are so valid on this character's magical powers being sought after, from her perspective, with that all out of one's control, the mystery of what's in that bottle that turned Elphaba green is a question that does need an answer!😉

[@macebluemoon369]

I'm not crazy about the two main actresses. Nonetheless I will most definitely see this movie. Yet I will wait a few weeks after its release.

[@Disney65Fan]

Going to see it on Saturday

[@JohnMoczynski]

Am i falling for Joseph i can't stop staring at his biceps 😅 i am hetero confused

[@Tesssasasasaaasa]

With Nessa being 3 years younger than Elphaba i think she just was shy and didnt have the confidence or social status to stand up for her yet

[@Juju-taylor]

Thanks for the review

[@beabravo6759]

I'm not a Wicked girlie and I'm not gonna watch it and I wonder how another 3 hour movie is gonna work without Defying Gravity being reprised.

[@AMT_823]

Came for the review...stayed for the gun show Joseph was serving up honey! 💪🏽💪🏽 😋 Lol

[@amostlyagreeableopinion4005]

I can't separate the art from the artist in this case so I just watched your video instead 😂 their tea is just too disrespectful for me!

[@simplyrowen]

I've never watched The Wizard of Oz, haven't read the book, haven't watched the musical. Will I still understand and like the movie?

[@MissGelly]

Yes but all the in jokes from Wizard of Oz won’t make sense…

[@Toohot2handle758]

Yep!!!

[@MicheleanLopez-c7m]

My wife will not see this movie if there is a full on childbirth scene in it? Can someone tell me one way or the other?

[@Toohot2handle758]

Your wife needs to grow up. All that happens is a stream and a green CGI baby pops out. No blood, no gore.

[@florzzz1994]

I’d love to see your review of I'm Still Here by Walter Salles 😭.

[@sweetnovember7925]

Seeing it in 4dx tomorrow

[@gamerdrops]

Imo ethically questionable to not market this clearly as a Part 1. I think they did the same thing with Dune. Also, that most recent animated Spider Man

[@MrSkriggs]

Alphabaaah soup

[@clutch2827]

No desire whatsoever to see this.

[@1UpJohn]

Me either

[@Moss_piglet13]

Hiw spoilery is this review? Should i wait to watch it if im only familiar with wicked from soundtrack?

[@VivaciousOM]

You can safely hear the pull quotes at the start, the scores they give at the end. See the movie and listen to whole video on way home from the movie. I saw the movie last night and loved it.

[@Bleppity]

They didn’t hire little people in large part because Peter Dinklage said it was inappropriate to hire them for these kinds of roles. An example of closing the door behind you.

[@cedriccrawford4231]

And who made Dinklage the spokesperson for what roles small people can or can't play? I doubt that was Dinkledge's thoughts as much as it was some organizations agenda

[@kylaphilippe580]

fr, I don’t know any other little people at big as him. Such a gatekeeper.

[@y2kaylaog]

11:51 oh it will TRUST

[@ryyaannn_]

isn’t the embargo still in effect for a few more hours 😬😬

[@MadailinBurnhope]

it's Goldblumin' time! my interpretation of The Wizard in Wicked is that he's kind of a cowardly fascist dictator, which is linked to the "something bad" happening in Oz, the animals having their voices silenced; I absolutely love this musical for being about otherness, colour, disability, queerness, transness! (I always said that Elphaba was Assigned Green At Birth, and Wicked is her coming out story, and also the story of how losing people she loves when she is true to herself will be inevitable... oof, relatable)

[@lillieknight]

OMG, that sounds horrible.

[@shantoreywilkins651]

😍⚡

[@commandZee]

3 and 1/2... So it's the shiz huh 😋