Wicked: For Good | 2025

Rating: ★★☆☆☆

Watched @ the Cinema

Creator/Director • Jon M. Chu

Lead cast

• Ariana Grande as Glinda the Good

• Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba

Based on

The 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire

AI Summary

“For Good” is the emotional culmination of Elphaba and Glinda’s journey, as the two friends acknowledge how profoundly they’ve shaped each other’s lives. Despite the pain, misunderstandings, and imminent separation, they express gratitude for the growth their friendship brought, accepting that meeting each other has changed them—forever—for good.

My thoughts

I was incredibly excited to see this film. I was constantly waiting for the magic to come back into this film, but it feels like it didn't really until Elphaba showed up at Glinda's balcony, like 1.5 hours into the movie.

It feels rushed, forced, like there is no love put into this. The same with the press tour. I didn't even know the film was coming.

The ending I very much enjoyed because I did not know how it ended. I thought she had died. I thought everybody had died. I was shocked, jaw on the floor.

That's all, not much to say.