Film review: Wicked: For Good is short on fun and cinematic magic

This is a sequel that rather curiously decides to jettison the self-deprecating humour of the first outing for the sake of straight drama

Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda in Wicked: For Good

★★★☆☆

‘I want to be magical for real,’ declares Glinda the Good (Ariana Grande) as Wicked: For Good (PG) begins, and really, it’s difficult not to sympathise with her plight.