Wakko's Wish Review

 

Wakko's Wish is a 1999 direct-to-video animated musical comedy. The show is based on the hit TV show Animaniacs and serves as the series finale. The movie was produced by Warner Bros. Animation. Warner Bros. Family Entertainment, TMS Entertainment, and Amblin Entertainment and distributed by Warner Home Video. Wakko's Wish was written by Tom Ruegger and directed by Rusty Mills, Liz Holzman, and Tom Ruegger.

The story is it's a dark time for the Warner Bros but mostly for the Warner Sister Dot. She needs an operation but sadly the siblings have no cash. This all changes when a fairy tells Wakko a fallen star has landed a grant him one wish, however things aren't going to be easy because word gets out. Now it's a race to see who gets to the star first.

• Negatives

I've got nothing to say. Let's move on.

• Mix

The only mix bag is the beginning of the movie is kind of slow. But in the grand scheme of things you can forgive the movie for it. Because once that's all over the film is very fast paced to the point where it almost doesn't even feel like an hour long.

• Positives

One positive about the film is the songs. They're all quite catchy and fun to sing-a-long to. And yes some of them are taken from old songs but remixed but that still doesn't make them any less fun.

What I also loved about Wakko's Wish is how fast it is. Like I said when you get past the slow beginning this movie goes by really quick, yet at the same time it knows when it needs to slow down that way everybody can take a break from all the craziness that just happened.

Another thing that makes the movie good is the animation. Yes it's pretty much the same as the show but that's not a bad thing. And beside this is a direct-to-video movie so of course the animation was going to be something too theatrical. BUT, there are quite a few shots where things do look a little cinematic. So despite a tight budget the animators did a great job pulling off those shots.

The other thing that makes Wakko's Wish is fun flick is the humor. I think the best humorous bit is whenever the Animaniacs are teasing/making fun of King Salazar. Those were great scenes.

The final thing I'll give Wakko's Wish credit for is the voice work. Much like the show everyone does a fantastic job voicing their characters and just like the show everybody has good chemistry with each other.

Wakko's Wish is a fun animated movie for the whole family. The songs are entertaining, it's a very fast paced film, the animation is top notch, the humor got a laugh out of me, and the voice acting gets a two thumbs up. The only slight problem is the slow start but that can be forgiven.

My final rating is Great

Okay I'm all done here. Guys, the revival of Animaniacs come out tomorrow and I couldn't be anymore excited than I already am. Anyhow Come back on Friday, Nov 27th for my review of the new HBO Max feature film, Superintelligence. Until then enjoy the rest of your day.