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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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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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Godmothered | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Brad Newsome Sydney Morning Herald Jillian Bell and Isla Fisher shine in a fairytale of a very different kind. Dec 10, 2020 Full Review Godmothered | Rotten Tomatoes (2) 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 Full Review Godmothered | Rotten Tomatoes (3) 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 Full Review Godmothered | Rotten Tomatoes (4) 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 Full Review Godmothered | Rotten Tomatoes (5) 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 Full Review Godmothered | Rotten Tomatoes (6) 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/03/24 Full Review Audience Member Decent Xmas movie to watch with family Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/25/24 Full Review 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 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/21/24 Full Review 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 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/07/24 Full Review Vitoria F Of all the "fairies in the real world" movies I've watched, this was one of the funniest. I liked the jokes and puns. I also liked that the script didn't do it like most films on this topic (which spend most of the time dealing with the cliché "magic doesn't exist") and went straight to the funny situations. I only found the ending of the film disappointing, as there is no denouement. But otherwise it was a good pastime. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/24 Full Review Mr. Mark D. R May be the dumbest movie ever. Even for kids!!! Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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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
The Montecito Picture Company, Walt Disney Pictures

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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