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Is Wish Dragon an Aladdin Rip-Off? | The Sony/Netflix Review

Will switching a magic lamp with a teapot enough to grant Sony's wish of making a magical animated film?

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Kim Lechman

It is a little disappointing that this wasn’t great as I knew quite a few who were looking forward to this, but it’s still good to know that despite basically being an Aladdin ripoff, it’s still way better than the last time Sony ripped off a popular animated film. And yes, I’m unfortunately bringing up the painful memory that is the Emoji movie

Redbandit

I was pleasantly surprised by this movie actually and to be honest while the similarities to Aladdin are noticeable I feel like calling it a ripoff is kind of unfair since there are some things that help to differentiate it from the Disney movie, like how Lena’s father wants the dragon to help save his company from going under Lena finds out the truth about Din in the middle of the movie instead of the end and Din just comes clean instead of trying to cover up his mistake with another lie, also Din’s mother and neighbors were probably some of the funniest characters in this movie next to Long in fact I actually liked a lot of the humor in this movie. So I would actually give this an 8/10 which might seem a bit high but that’s honestly how much I enjoyed this movie, and no I don’t think the Aladdin similarities are intentional so that’s probably why I’m able to look past them. Oh and one more thing that separates this movie from Disney’s Aladdin (and I know I’m probably going to get some flack for this) I’m sorry but Aladdin is kind of unlikeable at least in this movie Din knows that he was wrong to lie about who he was and actually feels guilty about it unlike Aladdin who mainly just acts like a selfish prick throughout the entire movie. I’m sorry but it’s true

Justin Monti

I really didn’t have much interest in watching this film. I definitely agree that the biggest issue with the film based off the trailers is that it absolutely is a rip off of Aladdin. As much as I do hate it when some people call things rip offs when they clearly are not, like how people claim Raya And The Last Dragon is a rip off of Avatar The Last Airbender, there is no denying that Wish Dragon is just trying to be like Aladdin, it almost makes Wish Dragon almost as unnecessary as the 2019 Aladdin remake. Although to be fair this is still far from the worst rip off out there, at least it’s not Emoji Movie levels of bad where that film would rip off films like Wreck It Ralph or the LEGO Movie to the point where it would feel insulting.

Kenneth Stoddard

For me, I thought it was pretty decent. Yeah it not as spectacular than what Sony did with The Mitchells Vs The Machines, but it at least somewhat enjoyable. Yeah this movie suffers a bit from being similar to the Disney classic that resulting with a predictable story of it weak writing and even find villains to be so forgettable, but the rest I find it pretty good. I thought they did a good job with friendship between Din and Li Na along with adding some heart in this movie and I even like how they made Long a cynical wish dragon with a good backstory to give me more care about this character. I can see the intention of what the director of this film wanted to add in make it more so I’ll give him a good job for so. The only sad thing I have for this is that no one talks this that since many are viewing this as a Aladdin ripoff and even Netflix barely gave some marketing for this film despite they are this from Sony Pictures. I know it will quickly be forgotten, at least I’m happy for the team that did make this got it released for audiences to see.

Hunter O'Laughlin

This film is like the representation of one of Genie’s memorable quotes, “Often imitated , but never duplicated.” Wish Dragon may duplicate the comedy and story of Disney’s version of Aladdin, but never duplicate its success and status of being one of Disney’s timeless classics as well as one of their funniest animated films next to The Emperor’s New Groove.

Jeff B. Hughes

Ok so Sony is guilty of ripping off Disney’s Aladdin however 1. I didn’t hate this or have a bad taste like Tom & Jerry 2021 2. No Premium pay 3. Overall this was a cute movie I can confidently say FOR KIDS(or anyone just looking of a cute movie)