Wicked: For Good 2025 [alternative name Wicked: Part II] by AverageMansReviews

Wicked: For Good 2025 [alternative name Wicked: Part II] by AverageMansReviews

Previous instalment/Related content: Wicked: Part I 2024 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2025/10/wicked-part-i-2024-alternative-name_5.html and Average Extra of: Ariana Grande and/or Cynthia Erivo Problems for Wicked: For Good 2025 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2025/10/average-extra-of-ariana-grande-andor.html

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The hunt continues: briefly; Elphaba Thropp/other name [Cynthia Erivo:] she is trying to bring the truth to Oz, meanwhile Galinda "Glinda" Upland/other name [Younger Glinda: Scarlett Spears/Older: Ariana Grande:] has become a public figure to Oz as she tries to bring a civil conclusion to the land of Oz to begin with.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 137 minute film is... well it uses the reliable outlay of storyline then musical number or vice versa, but it is very much depending on where you are in the film; it is a bit sticky as it relates to swing of things, but then again much later on it finds itself so there is that.

Art and action; what is clear to see is once again is outstandingly beautiful landscape/set designs of Oz there is always something to see and experience such as the building of the yellow brick road [I should very quickly point out I am specifically talking about brick laying, the machine and in no way shape or form am I talking about the animal cruelty aspect of it,] Elphaba's wardrobe/accessories and hideout with her torn cape thing or this tree surroundings this little highly imaginative and/or detailed and of course we have the musical numbers aspect: " Wonderful" sung/performed by the trio of Jeff Goldblum as the Wonderful Wizard of Oz: he is a fraud that has instigated this witchhunt for Elphaba amongst other things, Glinda/Grande and Elphaba/Erivo: basically the song is about the Wizard knowing the he is a fraud, but then again the people of Oz are going to believe, what they are going to believe: this is a very colourful musical number and much later on we have for another example "No Good Deed" sung/performed by Elphaba/Erivo: basically this song is about her trying to save somebody, but eventually coming to the realisation that whatever she does she will always be seen as evil, so if that is the case so be it she is evil: Erivo's performance is one power and excellent range and she can actually sing. Elphaba on a broomstick all of these sequences are quick paced good fun and of course when we have Glinda and Elphaba having a little tussle

Character developments, performances and voice performances; for me this is where this sequel loses so many marks, because without giving too much away some of the character development is best described as tenuous, which is lazy, because if you are really desperate you can go and watch the first instalment again to see if they did any other ground work for this character developments or even just re-live this moment that they make reference to, but I am not that sad to watch the first instalment again and consequently it makes one of the other key characters look incredibly dumb, as it takes them what seems minutes for the penny to drop on what is actually happening here, it would have been quite funny if it didn't take this character is such a long time to realise, basically we the audience are doing the equivalent of people standing around whistling waiting for the penny to drop in this moment, so consequently we get this crash course in this newly found couple; they have good chemistry, but it does feel a little bit rushed, the most of a character developments are all good.

I am just going to come out and say it... Grande you can't act, sure you can be a popular character, you can play the fake character, you can even play the crying character, but basically anything other than out of the circle of shallow, tedious character, I would say keep to the day job but then again you can't sing either her vocals are like nails on a chalkboard, I mean the only time you are palatable is when you are singing with somebody

Erivo; well I had a feeling they might have taken this approach in this sequel, what they have tried to do is marry up both of their lead characters, because in the previous instalment Elphaba/Erivo was an all-round strong character/performance and Glinda/Grande was anything but by comparison, so here they have attempted to and failed spectacularly, but still attempted to bring up Glinda/Grande to somewhere in the middle and taken bit of Elphaba/Erivo to bring her down, but at this point you made guest it just didn't work in fact on reflection it was like history repeating itself where Elphaba/Erivo was much better on her own or with other characters/performers and it is worthwhile mentioning that the person I want some of this content with really don't like these two performers as they find them annoying and to be fair I can see why as this is a partnership has this really grating on screen chemistry and presence, Elphaba/Erivo has better chemistry with everyone else and for the rest of the cast of performers and voice performers they are reliably good.

This film receives: 5/10, this film is mixed; I mean as you can tell it does hurt problems, but for the artistic outlay and musical numbers this is on one hand the biggest component/components to this film by absolute miles, before I continue I would like to state that I am not body shaming, but can I just say that there are some in this cast that has clearly lost too much weight and full disclosure I knew this before going in, but having to be reminded of that weight loss for roughly 137 minutes of a film, is something that I can't just sit silent about; these individuals have a responsibility to the next younger generation to promote on average a decent way of life, if you are having a issue with your food consumption in one way or another please go and see the right medical advice, so this is why I eventually settled on the mark they have, because yes roughly the further you go through this sequel the better it gets, but I had to think of a mark which summed up the entirety of this sequel on every single level. This film also has some awards accredited to its name such as 4 Winner which include but not limited to Heartland Film 2025 Truly Moving Picture AwardTruly Moving Picture Award Jon M. Chu (director) and The Queerties 2025 Queerty Next Big Thing. 7 Nominees would also include but are not limited to Astra Creative Arts Awards 2025 Astra Award Best Costume Design Paul Tazewell and from the same award ceremony/event Best Marketing Campaign