Godmothered

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Godmothered

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2020

1h 50m

Comedy

Fantasy

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Set at Christmas time, "Godmothered" is a comedy about Eleanor, a young, inexperienced fairy godmother-in-training (Jillian Bell), who upon hearing that her chosen profession is facing extinction, decides to show the world that people still need fairy godmothers. Finding a mislaid letter from a 10-year-old girl in distress, Eleanor tracks her down and discovers that the girl, Mackenzie, is now a 40-year-old single mom (Isla Fisher) working at a news station in Boston. Having lost her husband several years earlier, Mackenzie has all but given up on the idea of "happily ever after," but Eleanor is bound and determined to give Mackenzie a happiness makeover, whether she likes it or not.

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Critics Consensus

More bippity boppity than boo, Godmothered tweaks fairytale conventions with just enough self-aware humor to overcome a disappointing deficit of genuine magic.

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Brad Newsome

Sydney Morning Herald

Jillian Bell and Isla Fisher shine in a fairytale of a very different kind.

Dec 10, 2020

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

Sharon Maguire's holiday heartwarmer subverts conventions, adding a dash of feminism and a sprinkling of strong supporting performances from Jane Curtin and June Squibb.

Rated: 3/4

Dec 4, 2020

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Nick Allen

RogerEbert.com

A great display of Jillian Bell's imagination as an actor, and her dedication to a joke.

Rated: 3/4

Dec 4, 2020

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M.N. Miller

Ready Steady Cut

A funny, well-intentioned family-fantasy film that’s a bright light in a dark year.

Rated: 3.5/5

Sep 9, 2022

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

If you’ve seen “Elf” you know exactly where this story goes almost beat for beat.

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 21, 2022

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Witney Seibold

Critically Acclaimed Podcast

Jillian Bell is a brilliant comic actress, and she certainly deserves to lead more features, but 'Godmothered' is limp, watered-down over-branded self awareness from the least edgy studio.

Sep 13, 2021

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DreamWeaver Films & t

Good-hearted fun. Entertaining and uplifting, with like- able characters. I enjoyed it.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/03/25

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Audience Member

Saktong pambata na pelikula. Halatang pilit kung paano tatapusin ang ending dahil sa they lived happily ever after spiel.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/11/25

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aaron y

I liked the movie quite a bit it is a perfect children movie great ideas in the movie and well acted and written the only problem I had was the ending which took 2 full stars off it was so campy and not a good ending the ending kinda ruined the movie for me.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/03/24

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Audience Member

Decent Xmas movie to watch with family

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/25/24

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Jay W

This movie is almost so bafflingly bad it comes back around to being interesting. What keeps it from being enjoyably bad is just how dull and generic it is. This movie has made me re-evaluate other "fish out of water" movies. Characters like, Thor, Elf or Luca all do this same routine, but do it so much better. In this movie, the wannabe fairy Godmother is startled by such high-tech things as...a light switch, a sandwich and a mirror. Likewise, the strait laced POV character needs to be done well. Mackenzie is not well written. Her motivation fluxgates wildly from scene to scene. The whole thing feels like it was written by AI, forgetting its own rules from scene to scene. The movie has no respect for its audience, they feel the need to remind them about what the plot is every 5 minutes. It is clear this is written for little kids, but there aren't nearly enough interesting things going to keep their interest. Elanor has magical powers but she uses them for the dumbest things. She sets up Christmas lights and put on dresses. Bibbity bobbity do NOT watch this film.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

11/21/24

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Dale R

An in-training Fairy Godmother sets out to make a happily ever after to save her profession. There are some good ideas here, but they don’t pan out well. I like the idea of a Fairy Godmother school, but the idea wasn’t fleshed out and the motivations of the supporting characters were too simplified. There are also some great messages, but they get muddled together and do not have the impact the movie makers were going for. Isla Fisher does a good job as the recipient of the Fairy Godmother. This film also has a few Cinderella references in it, yet didn’t follow the lore from the classic Disney film. A mediocre movie that you may get some enjoyment out of.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/07/24

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Synopsis

Set at Christmas time, "Godmothered" is a comedy about Eleanor, a young, inexperienced fairy godmother-in-training (Jillian Bell), who upon hearing that her chosen profession is facing extinction, decides to show the world that people still need fairy godmothers. Finding a mislaid letter from a 10-year-old girl in distress, Eleanor tracks her down and discovers that the girl, Mackenzie, is now a 40-year-old single mom (Isla Fisher) working at a news station in Boston. Having lost her husband several years earlier, Mackenzie has all but given up on the idea of "happily ever after," but Eleanor is bound and determined to give Mackenzie a happiness makeover, whether she likes it or not.

Director: Sharon Maguire
Producer: Justin Springer
Screenwriter: Kari Granlund, Melissa Stack
Production Co: Walt Disney Pictures, The Montecito Picture Company
Rating: PG (Some Suggestive Comments)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 4, 2020
Runtime: 1h 50m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos

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