Wicked: For Good
Universal Pictures | Release Date: November 21, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 60 Critic Reviews
Positive:
32
Mixed:
23
Negative:
5

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
Movie NationRoger MooreNov 21, 2025
Stretching, stuffing and filling make this film play flatter, as if all the fun is gone. The jokes are few and far between, and they die of loneliness in the wait. Read full review
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Radheyan SimonpillaiNov 18, 2025
That plot gets lost in these desaturated Wicked movies. They look less like The Wizard of Oz and more like Fruit Loops that had been left sitting in a bowl of milk for too long – those bright solid colours bleeding out and leaving nothing but a soggy mess. Read full review
30
The New YorkerJustin ChangNov 21, 2025
By the time Dorothy and her friends march on Elphaba’s lair, there seems to be something more pernicious than mere mediocrity at work. It’s as if the picture were so cowed by its iconic predecessor that it could only respond with a petulant urge to destroy the classic it could never be. Read full review
25
LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenDec 4, 2025
It’s ugly and tuneless, with characters whose actions are so arbitrary as to render any consideration of what it means to be “good” or “wicked” meaningless. Read full review
20
The TelegraphRobbie CollinNov 18, 2025
A second instalment of the Oz origin movie is bloated and boring despite new songs for both Elphaba and Glinda. Read full review
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