‘Wicked’ review: Film soars above impossibly high expectations

Many of us assumed one Evil movie would never actually happen. There had been talk of turning the beloved Broadway musical about The Wicked Witch of the West into a movie at at least as far back as 2010. Even after the project was formally announced in 2016, it has taken nearly a decade for the film to hit theaters.

Almost miraculously, all that time has borne fruit. Despite the delays, despite the questionable choice to split the story into two parts (yes, this film is technically First part),Evil is largely a triumph, a spectacle designed to appeal to longtime fans of the show and draw in new ones for huge box office numbers.