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Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009) — Stream on Disney+ · CriticCrunch

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Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie

Movie2009·94 min

Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie

Directed by Lev L. Spiro

Family TV Movie Adventure Comedy Fantasy Action Drama

A family tv movie film directed by Lev L. Spiro.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 13%

About Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie

A young wizard accidentally conjures a spell that puts her family in jeopardy.

Pacing: Brisk (6 of 9)
Tone: Hopeful (7 of 9)
Intensity: Moderate (4 of 9)
Complexity: Easy to follow (2 of 9)
Humor: Light-touch (4 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Heartfelt (7 of 9)
Texture: Playful, Whimsical
Story Tags: family dysfunction, coming of age, sacrifice duty, fantasy mythology, island, siblings, parent child, outsider misfit, reluctant hero, time manipulation, race against time, quest mission

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.3/10

2K ratings

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Details

Director: Lev L. Spiro
Language: English

Cast

Selena Gomez, David Henrie, Jake T. Austin

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How Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie Ranks

All movies

Top 13%

2000s movies

Top 11%

Family movies

Top 14%

2000s Family movies

Top 7%

★Lev L. Spiro films#1 of 4

Lev L. Spiro's highest-rated film in our catalog.

the vibe

Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie Vibe

What it feels like

briskhopefulmoderateeasy to followlight-touchpersonalheartfelt

playful

whimsical

What it's about

time manipulationrace against timequest missionfamily dysfunctioncoming of agesacrifice dutyoutsider misfitreluctant herosiblingsparent childfantasy mythologyisland

pacing

brisk 6/9brisk 6/9

tone

hopeful 7/9hopeful 7/9

intensity

moderate 4/9moderate 4/9

complexity

easy to follow 2/9easy 2/9

humor

light-touch 4/9light 4/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

heartfelt 7/9heartfelt 7/9

texture

playfulplayful