Title: Wicked: For Good

Director: John Chu

Cast: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Michelle Yeoh

Where: In theatres near you

Rating: 3.5 Stars

Jon M Chu’s final Wicked chapter enters confidently, certain of its cultural place. It offers a visually refined, brisk film, though it sometimes struggles to balance the expanding plot.

The story returns to an Oz of daily political duplicity and widening gaps between appearance and truth. Elphaba, a fugitive, protects targeted animals while evading capture. Glinda begins to see that her celebrated role serves the state more than her conscience.

Their separate paths intersect with familiar figures: a hesitant Fiyero, a Wizard losing control of his own mythology and a determined Madame Morrible whose schemes grow increasingly

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