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“Barbenheimer” was a phenomenon impossible to manufacture

As director Jon M Chu’s first instalment of the mega-musical adaptation Wicked arrives in cinemas, a new audience of fans is connecting with Stephen Schwartz’s memorable score. Featuring hits including Popular, The Wizard and I and For Good, the musical is particularly loved for its celebration of female characters in…

3/5 Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande showcase phenomenal vocal ability in this adaptation of the blockbuster musical, but they’re let down by a film that is aggressively overlit and shot like a TV advert

Wicked review: "Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo will have you defying gravity"

3/5 This story of self-acceptance and female empowerment is visually ravishing but with part one an hour longer than The Wizard of Oz even the superfans may wish they’d get a move on

Cynthia Erivo is moving while Ariana Grande delights in an entertaining holiday event film that defies expectations

Wicked, starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, does everything fans of the musical could dream of in one of the best musicals in years.

Lorna Luft called the film ‘everything I wanted it to be’

The star walked the red carpet with her co-stars including Cynthia Erivo.