Aladdin

2019 · 129 min · dir. Guy Ritchie

Aladdin is a 2019 American musical fantasy film and a live-action adaptation of Disney's 1992 animated film, itself based on the Middle-Eastern folk tale. Directed by Guy Ritchie and written by Ritchie and John August, the film stars Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Marwan Kenzari, Navid Negahban, Nasim Pedrad, and Billy Magnussen. The story follows an Arabian street urchin named Aladdin, who discovers a magic lamp containing a genie, with whose help he disguises himself as a wealthy prince and tries to impress the Sultan of Agrabah to win the heart of his free-spirited daughter, Princess Jasmine, as the Sultan's evil vizier and sorcerer, Jafar, plots to steal the magic lamp. Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.