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Godmothered

2020 · 110 min

A gentle, silly holiday comedy that mixes fish-out-of-water magic with a family's quiet grief, ending on a warm, uplifting note.

Directed by
Sharon Maguire
Genres
Family, Fantasy, Comedy
Starring
Jillian Bell, Isla Fisher, Santiago Cabrera
Tagline
Be careful who you wish for.
Overview
A young and unskilled fairy godmother that ventures out on her own to prove her worth by tracking down a young girl whose request for help was ignored. What she discovers is that the girl has now become a grown woman in need of something very different than a "prince charming."

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Stream in the UK
  • Disney Plus
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Sharon Maguire
Genres
Family, Fantasy, Comedy
Starring
Jillian Bell, Isla Fisher, Santiago Cabrera
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • grief
  • identity
  • love
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour6
Realism4
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
family, fantasy, comedy
Directed by
Sharon Maguire
Written by
Melissa K. Stack, Kari Granlund
Starring
Jillian Bell, Isla Fisher, Santiago Cabrera, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Jane Curtin, Jillian Shea Spaeder, Willa Skye, June Squibb
Music
Rachel Portman
Cinematography
Christopher Norr
Runtime
110 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Latin

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