A Simple Wish ★★½ 1997 (PG) Equal employment opportunities now even extend to the fairy godmother realm. Anabel (Wilson) knows her dad (Pastorel li) wants to become a Broadway actor. So she wishes for a fairy godmother—and gets stuck with Murray (Short), the first affirmative-action male practitioner, who's really not very good at spellcasting. Both Anabel and Murray have bigger problems—evil fairy godmother Claudia (Turner) is after all the fairy godmothers' magic wands so she can rule the world's wishes. Short's brand of comic energy plays right into the kid audience, and Wilson lights up every scene she's in. 95m/C VHS, DVD, Wide. Mara Wilson, Martin Short, Kathleen Turner, Robert Pastorelli, Amanda Plummer, Teri Garr, Francis Capra, Jonathan Hadary, Alan Campbell, Ruby Dee;
Director:
Michael Ritchie;
Writer:
Jeff Rothberg;
Writer:
Ralf Bode;
Cameo:
Bruce Broughton.
