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Wish Upon a Star

Wish Upon a Star

TV Movie · Family · Comedy · 1996

A younger sister wishes to switch places with her popular older sister and the two bickering siblings awaken to find the wish has come true.

Movie details

Wish Upon a Star

“I wish I may, I wish I might, become my sister for a night!”

1996 TV Movie · Family · Comedy 1h 29m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.6 / 10

9K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

40 %

Tomatometer

TMDB

6.5 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

A younger sister wishes to switch places with her popular older sister and the two bickering siblings awaken to find the wish has come true.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Wish Upon a Star?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Blair Treu

Written by

Jessica Barondes

Katherine Heigl

Katherine Heigl

Alexia Wheaton

Danielle Harris

Danielle Harris

Hayley Wheaton

Donnie Jeffcoat

Donnie Jeffcoat

Kyle Harding

S

Scott Wilkinson

Ben Wheaton

M

Mary Parker Williams

Nan Wheaton

Lois Chiles

Lois Chiles

Mittermonster

Ivey Lloyd

Ivey Lloyd

Caitlin Sheinbaum

Court is in session

Put Wish Upon a Star on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.