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Wish Upon a Star (1996) · CriticCrunch

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Wish Upon a Star

Movie1996·89 min

Wish Upon a Star

Directed by Blair Treu

TV Movie Family Comedy Fantasy

A tv movie family film directed by Blair Treu.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 52%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

6.5/10

About Wish Upon a Star

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.

Pacing: Brisk (6 of 9)
Tone: Hopeful (7 of 9)
Intensity: Gentle (2 of 9)
Complexity: Easy to follow (2 of 9)
Humor: Funny (6 of 9)
Scale: Intimate (1 of 9)
Spirit: Heartfelt (7 of 9)
Texture: Playful, Cozy
Story Tags: identity self discovery, family dysfunction, high school campus, suburban, siblings, rivals, outsider misfit, underdog, body transformation, fish out of water

197 ratings

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Details

Director: Blair Treu
Language: English

Cast

Katherine Heigl, Danielle Harris, Donnie Jeffcoat

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How Wish Upon a Star Ranks

All movies

Top 52%

1990s movies

Top 50%

TV Movie movies

Top 49%

Top 52% All movies.

the vibe

Wish Upon a Star Vibe

What it feels like

briskhopefulgentleeasy to followfunnyintimateheartfeltplayfulcozy

What it's about

pacing

brisk 6/9brisk 6/9

tone

texture

playfulplayful

body transformation

fish out of water

identity self discovery

family dysfunction

outsider misfit

underdog

siblings

rivals

high school

suburban

hopeful 7/9hopeful 7/9

intensity

gentle 2/9gentle 2/9

complexity

easy to follow 2/9easy 2/9

humor

funny 6/9funny 6/9

scale

intimate 1/9intimate 1/9

spirit

heartfelt 7/9heartfelt 7/9