Review: All Wishes Come True! is a heavenly heist movie, and so much more
All Wishes Come True! is the latest animated megahit from China to make it to US shores, and it's maybe the ultimate "guys being dudes" movie. Here we have a rag-tag group of thieves, liars, scammers, and ne'er-do-wells, ranging from a baby to an old man, putting their differences aside to try to pull of a major heist. If that's not being a dude, then I don't know what is. Based on a story from Chinese folklore called The Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea , All Wishes Come True! is a total delight. I don't know the original story, but based on the title alone, I have to imagine this is a pretty original spin on it, since the eponymous eight immortals don't do any sea-crossing until quite late in the movie's considerable run time (it clocks in at two hours and fifteen minutes). Instead, we spend most of the movie on the sacred island of Penglai, which is the home of many gods and immortals (as well as plenty of mortals, too). It's a safe haven in...
