The biggest problem of Wish, from a Christian standpoint, is its theme. The story asserts that everyone is responsible to realize their own dreams and that no outside force can make your wishes come true. There is a lot of time spent showing how pathetic and naïve the people of Rosas are for trusting their king with their hopes and dreams. They plead and implore the king to grant their wishes — kind of like, you know, people who pray to God, or even just trust for stuff from parents.

Glutted with his power, evil Magnifico spins his own version of Psalm 62 and proclaims to Asha, “I am the one who decides what is good for them.” This whole subtext in Wish is an overt slap to those who build their lives around trust in God. It’s one thing to encourage children to take responsibility for their choices. It’s quite another to assert that there is no help for us “out there” somewhere; that basically we “stars” are on our own to make of our lives what we will. …

Disney’s Wish is startlingly unfulfilling as entertainment and just as vacuous in terms of having any real wisdom to share. It only makes sense when regarded as a stylish 92-minute catechism of progressive ideology.

[Again, this was apparent from the original trailer, as I pointed out at the time. It wasn’t even subtext, but rather, it appeared to be the main theme of the film. Nicolosi sets this as a subordinate issue to the fact that ‘Wish’ is just a bad movie regardless of its treatment of faith, but Christian parents should take note of this when considering other Disney-produced entertainment in the future. — Ed]