{"id":2166915,"date":"2025-11-19T17:51:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T17:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2166915"},"modified":"2025-11-19T17:51:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T17:51:15","slug":"ariana-grande-receives-dismal-review-for-wicked-sequel-not-dramatically-interesting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ariana-grande-receives-dismal-review-for-wicked-sequel-not-dramatically-interesting\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande Receives Dismal Review for \u2018Wicked\u2019 Sequel: Not \u2018Dramatically Interesting\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to one critic, the much-anticipated <em>Wicked<\/em> sequel falls flat, partially due to <strong>Ariana Grande<\/strong> not <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/globemagazine.com\/wicked-star-ariana-grande-faces-backlash-over-her-slimmed-down-look-amid-personal-struggles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:bringing the drama;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">bringing the drama<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cGrande, in particular, often seems to be trying to walk through her scenes as slowly as possible,\u201d <strong>Robbie Collin<\/strong>, Chief Film Critic for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/films\/2025\/11\/18\/wicked-for-good-review-second-part-fails-to-take-flight\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Telegraph;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>The Telegraph<\/em><\/a>, wrote in his scathing review. \u201cAs a performer she has a range of four octaves and around 1.6 emotions, and as such <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/ariana-grande-ends-her-blonde-080055767.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Glinda\u2019s smaller moments;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Glinda\u2019s smaller moments<\/a> simply aren\u2019t dramatically interesting enough to merit this moonily protracted approach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to Collin, Grande and costar <strong>Cynthia Erivo<\/strong> each have a new song in the sequel, <em>Wicked: For Good.<\/em> However, he was less than impressed by the <strong>Stephen Schwartz<\/strong>-composed musical numbers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" 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class=\"wp-caption-text\">JW\/Famous\/starmaxinc.com\/Newscom\/The Mega Agency<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cInexplicably, though, both are wailing laments, and you find yourself gasping for a new comic number like \u2018Popular,\u2019 or another barnstormer like \u2018Defying Gravity,\u2019 or anything else that might have lent proceedings structure and purpose,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It should be noted, however, that Collin was also disappointed by the original film \u2014 which hit theaters last November and broke records at the box office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In its first week, <em>Wicked<\/em> earned the title of Highest Grossing Movie Ever Based on a Broadway Musical at the Domestic Box Office, according to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/11\/wicked-box-office-records-1236186470\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Deadline;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Deadline<\/a>, despite Collin calling the film \u201cmiscast\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\" &lt;span class=&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;&gt;ZUMAPRESS.com \/ MEGA&lt;\/span&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"641\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/lMw03EkItm_8xtUsqRs0LQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/globe_458\/79993a55bb60a44dcf76c33d26abc0a2\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 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href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wicked-for-good-movie-review-23fe7244c429facf27442cbff470f67f\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Associated Press;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Associated Press<\/a><\/em>\u2019 <strong>Jake Coyle<\/strong> seemed to agree with Collin\u2019s hot take, writing, \u201cFor those of us who felt \u2014 what\u2019s a non-wicked way to say this? \u2014 mildly waterboarded, in pink and green, by <em>Wicked<\/em>, <em>For Good<\/em> doesn\u2019t offer much relief. There is, to be sure, great talent on display in these films, particularly in the case of Erivo. But <em>For Good<\/em>, like its predecessor, often feels more like a Production than a movie, with characters shuffled on and offstage with Oz-like orchestration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This story <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/globemagazine.com\/ariana-grande-receives-dismal-review-for-wicked-sequel-not-dramatically-interesting\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ariana Grande Receives Dismal Review for \u2018Wicked\u2019 Sequel: Not \u2018Dramatically Interesting\u2019;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ariana Grande Receives Dismal Review for \u2018Wicked\u2019 Sequel: Not \u2018Dramatically Interesting\u2019<\/a> first appeared on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/globemagazine.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Globe;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><i>Globe<\/i><\/a>. Add <i>Globe<\/i> as a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=globemagazine.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to one critic, the much-anticipated Wicked sequel falls flat, partially due to Ariana Grande not bringing the drama. \u201cGrande, in particular, often seems to be trying to walk through her scenes as slowly as possible,\u201d Robbie Collin, Chief Film Critic for The Telegraph, wrote in his scathing review. \u201cAs a performer she has a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2166916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[24076,40246,416107],"class_list":["post-2166915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-ariana-grande","tag-cynthia-erivo","tag-robbie-collin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ariana-Grande-Receives-Dismal-Review-for-\u2018Wicked-Sequel-Not-\u2018Dramatically.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2166915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2166915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2166915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2166917,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2166915\/revisions\/2166917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2166916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2166915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2166915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2166915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}