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Wicked: For Good Critic Reviews
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Metascore Mixed or Average
positive
32 (53%)
mixed
23 (38%)
negative
5 (8%)
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Nov 19, 2025
I daresay this one was worth the wait. Though darker, visually and emotionally, than part one, and shorter — two hours and 18 minutes, down from two-forty — Wicked: For Good is still a rollicking good time.
Nov 18, 2025
A stronger and tighter movie than its Oscar-nominated predecessor without losing any of its splendor.
Nov 18, 2025
Wicked: For Good is not only a loyal adaptation, but it builds on what works from the first film while leaning into its lead performances. The characters are more mature and nuanced, making it a worthy successor to the first film. It doesn't surpass Wicked, but as a double feature, these two movies do justice to one of the best musicals ever, and that's not an easy feat to accomplish.
Nov 18, 2025
Once again, Nathan Crowley’s production design is wondrous, a multi-colour extravaganza that truly brings Oz to life. Simply spending time there – with its fields of tulips and fireworks in the sky – is one of the great pleasures of this movie. A film that will surely satisfy Wicked’s extensive army of devotees.
Nov 18, 2025
It doesn’t quite reach the heights of Part One, but this is still a highly entertaining display of what musical theatre can do on screen with top level performances and a true affection for the world-building.
Nov 18, 2025
A darker and sadder Part 2 brings the story of Oz's witches to a moving close and cements Jon M. Chu's adaptation of Wicked as an absolute triumph. But, For Good suffers slightly from thinner source material and weak new songs.
By Molly Edwards FULL REVIEW
Nov 18, 2025
What a performance from Erivo; it is genuinely moving when the Prince has to convince Elphaba what we, the audience, have always known: that she is beautiful.
Nov 18, 2025
Wicked: For Good does stumble at various points. The much-touted new songs by returning songwriter Stephen Schwartz are superfluous, and there's a laughably regrettable decision near the end involving Jeff Goldblum that only avoids disaster by being very brief. But all the same magic that powered the first film is still at work in this one.
Nov 18, 2025
The emotions are real; everything else is movie magic, representing where we now stand — at the apex of artificiality — for better or worse.
Nov 18, 2025
This film is as slick and shiny as Glinda's lip gloss, but it may also be just what its many fans want.
