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Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie
2009
· Movie
· 94 min
B
MEANRANK
70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2243
- IMDb #4286
- Rotten Tomatoes #2545
- Letterboxd #3096
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2778
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2681
Every rating
62–90
out of 100
The Russo family, a family of wizards, goes on vacation to the Caribbean. Alex, the rebellious middle child, uses a magical spell to create her "perfect" boyfriend, but the spell goes awry and erases her parents' meeting and marriage from existence. She and her brothers must travel back in time to the past to restore their family before they cease to exist.
Details
- Director
- Lev L. Spiro
- Writer
- Dan Berendsen
- Based on
- Wizards of Waverly Place
- Released
- 28 August 2009
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 2 wins, 4 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (16) →
Awards & nominations
See all 6 →1 major award won · 2 wins from 6 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards 2010 | Outstanding Children's Program | Peter Murrieta and Kevin Lafferty | Winner |
| Golden Reel Award 2010 | Best Sound Editing: Long Form Sound Effects and Foley in Television | Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie | Nominee |
| Imagen Award 2010 | Best Actress/Television | Selena Gomez | Nominee |
| Imagen Award 2010 | Best Supporting Actress/Television | Maria Canals-Barrera | Winner |
| Imagen Award 2010 | Best Children's Program | Peter Murrieta and Kevin Lafferty | Nominee |
| NAACP Image Award 2010 | Outstanding Children's Program | Peter Murrieta and Kevin Lafferty | Nominee |
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62nd Primetime Emmy Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Children's Program | Peter Murrieta and Kevin Lafferty | Winner |
Imagen Award
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress/Television | Maria Canals-Barrera | Winner |
| Best Actress/Television | Selena Gomez | Nominee |
| Best Children's Program | Peter Murrieta and Kevin Lafferty | Nominee |
Golden Reel Award
1 nomination
| Best Sound Editing: Long Form Sound Effects and Foley in Television | Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie | Nominee |
NAACP Image Award
1 nomination
| Outstanding Children's Program | Peter Murrieta and Kevin Lafferty | Nominee |