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A Wish in the Dark is a 2020 children's fantasy novel by American author Christina Soontornvat. It is a retelling of the 1862 novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, and contains elements inspired by Thai culture. The book received positive reviews from critics and won a Newbery Honor and a Jane Addams Children's Book Award.
Christina Soontornvat (Thai: คริสติน่า สุนทรวัฒน์; born 1980) is an American author, educator, and mechanical engineer.She won two Newbery Honors in 2021 for the children's books A Wish in the Dark and All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team (fiction and nonfiction, respectively), and another Newbery Honor in 2023 for the ...
Wish is a 2023 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.It was directed by Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn from a screenplay written by Jennifer Lee and Allison Moore, based on a story conceived by Lee, Buck, Veerasunthorn, and Moore, and produced by Peter Del Vecho and Juan Pablo Reyes Lancaster-Jones, with Lee and ...
But before we even arrive at the mystical part, the first sign that the movie’s feet aren’t quite on the ground arrives in the opening scene, when Paul (Alexander Vlahos), a tall, dark, and ...
"Wish" self-consciously packs 85 years of animated magic into a portable Disney fable. Does that make it a summation or a pastiche? A movie marbled with pop history or overstuffed with Easter eggs?
Getty Images (2) Ariana DeBose and Chris Pine star as Asha and King Magnifico, respectively, in Disney’s latest animated film, Wish, but they aren’t the only notable names who round out the cast.
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 92% approval rating from 62 reviews and an average rating of 7.0/10. The critical consensus reads: "Smart, well-acted, and above all scary, Coming Home in the Dark finds first-time director James Ashcroft making his mark with a white-knuckle ride for horror fans."
“Wish,” a Walt Disney Co. release in theaters Tuesday, is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association for “thematic elements and mild action.” Running time: 92 minutes. Two stars out of four.