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The Wish of the Fairy Fish

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2023 | 115 min | Fantasy, Adventure, Family

Sunday Safe Betearly rating

Why it’s a Sunday Safe Bet

It was critically acclaimed, though it had a box office flop and little lasting buzz. A safe bet when you want something reliable.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for fantasy fans, adventure fans and families. If you loved Stardust, start here.
The mood
Feel-good.
The pace
Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 55 min.
What might put you off
  • No age rating on record, so check it first for young kids.
  • It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

If you go fishing, be prepared to draw the fish of your dreams, the magical Pike, which can grant any three wishes. Only Emelya let two wishes down the drain, and decided to save the third. Therefore, in order to achieve the hand of the royal daughter Anfisa, he will have to act without magical power, on his own. And Pike will help him, who without her skin will appear as an ordinary girl Vasilisa.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsStrong

    Critically acclaimed

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Box office & staying powerWeak

    $29 million worldwide

  • Buzz & cultural impactBelow par

    About 16K people sought it out in the past year, and interest is climbing

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Cast & crew

Directed by Alexander Voitinsky

  • Nikita KologrivyyEmelya
  • Mila ErshovaShchuka / Vasilisa
  • Roman MadyanovTsar
  • Alina AlekseevaAnfisa
  • Yuri KolokolnikovLord Rotman
  • Agrippina SteklovaAgrippina
  • Fyodor LavrovKoshchey
  • Sergey BurunovKot-Bayun (voice)
  • Konstantin TopolagaOtets Emeli
  • Artyom LeshchikGlavar