Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie
by Lev L. Spiro
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Actor: Jake T Austin, Selena GomezDirector: Lev L. Spiro
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-12-15
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Movie Reviews of Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie
Movie Review: A cute and watchable movie adaptation of "Wizards"
Summary: 4 Stars
After giving both ?Lizzie McGuire? and ?Hannah Montana? movie adaptations, the time has now come to give "Wizards of Waverly Place" a movie treatment. And why not? "Wizards" popularity has quickly increased and has become one of the most beloved shows on Disney Channel. But with "Wizards", the executives has decided to give a non-theatrical treatment. Ironically, in spite of a smaller format, this "Wizards" movie ends up as the most compelling movie adaptation of a Disney Channel show, comparing to the bland "Lizzie McGuire The Movie" and the poorly structured "Hannah Montana The Movie".
The adventurous story brings up many nods to both "Indiana Jones" and "Power Rangers". The Caribbean settings gives the film as fresh flavor and the special effects are quite impressive, considering this being a TV movie. This film is mostly carried by Selena Gomez, a extremely cute and skilled young lady, which does her best acting ever in this movie. Hopefully she'll leave Disney when she's wrapped up "Wizards" to develop her full acting potential. The rest of the cast are also decent in their parts, especially David DeLuise at the family dad Jerry.
As with "Hannah Montana The Movie", a more serious approach has been given to the "Wizards of Waverly Place The Movie", which distinct it self from the more loony tone of the series. But where "Hannah Montana The Movie" eliminated almost all the comedic elements from the show, "Wizards" does maintain a few quite hilarious moments along the way.
If you'll manage to overlook a charismatic, but non-believable villain and a few pacing problems, you'll get a nice and watchable treat. This "Wizards" movie may not surpass it's series, but neither muddles with the continuity of the concept, as "Hannah Montana The Movie" did. And overall, it's a decent and cute TV movie for families to enjoy. There's already been rumored of a theatrical release for a sequel to this film, which I hope it's going to be fulfilled.
As with most of the Disney Channel DVD's, unfortunately, the disc is vague when it comes to Bonus features. The disc has just one featurette which has something to do with the "Wizards" concept, which is the making off-short "Wiz Pix" (10:25). The featurette includes interviews with the director and the cast. Although the short mixes some "making off"- clips which has already been aired on Disney Channel, it adds some new stuff as well. It's not the best making-off featurette I've seen, but neither the worst. The cast shares some funny stories and the whole crew comes off as sympathetic and likeable.
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