Aladdin

The Lowdown

The plot is a simple street-rat-meets-royalty fable, stripped of nuance and polished until it glows under high-wattage LEDs. It hits all the expected beats from the 1992 film, including the inevitable power ballad and a genie who works harder than a bartender on a Friday night in Hell’s Kitchen. The production design is aggressively gilded, clearly built to distract you from the thin book and the recycled lyrics. Go if you need a reliable, high-energy spectacle that won’t require a single original thought. Just keep your expectations grounded, even if the carpet isn’t.

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