"Wicked: For Good" finally brings us to the downsides of Universal's experiment in splitting one stage musical into two full movies. Director Jon M. Chu had miraculously avoided such problems bringing down the first "Wicked" (called "Wicked: Part 1" in its opening titles, though curiously "For Good" is never titled "Part 2"). Simply letting each scene of the fast-paced stage show breathe a little more and adding additional visual action where appropriate was enough to expand 90 minutes of play into 160 minutes of movie without ever dragging or feeling excessive ( here's Looper's recap video of "Wicked: Part 1" if you need a refresher ).

The good news about "Wicked: For Good" is that since it was filmed at the same time as "Part 1," it's basically the same movie, so the performances, sets,

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