Movie · Fantasy · Comedy

Dr Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is an academic... a creature of reason. While in Istanbul, she happens to encounter a Djinn (Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. At first, she doubts that he is real and she knows all the cautionary tales of wishes gone wrong. But the Djinn pleads his case, and eventually she is beguiled and makes a wish that surprises them both!

2022 · 1h 48m
Director George Miller

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Three Thousand Years of Longing

Fantasy

Dr Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is an academic... a creature of reason. While in Istanbul, she happens to encounter a Djinn (Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. At first, she doubts that he is real and she knows all the cautionary tales of wishes gone wrong. But the Djinn pleads his case, and eventually she is beguiled and makes a wish that surprises them both!

COMMON SENSE

Gorgeous but talky fairy tale has sex, nudity, murder.

TOMATOMETER
Average 6.5
Reviews 261
Fresh 185
Rotten 76

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Studio
MGM
Released
2022
Run Time
1 hr 48 min
Rated
R
Regions of Origin
United States, Australia
© 2022 Bontonfilm a.s.

Languages

Original Audio
English, English (United Kingdom), French
Audio

English (AD, AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, Dolby Atmos)

Subtitles

English (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen, to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.