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Genie Jeannie (Barbara Eden) has been married to astronaut Tony Nelson
(Wayne Rogers) for 15 years by now, and still he hasn't given up on being
an astronaut, much to her dismay. Oh yeah, the two have a son too, TJ
(Mackenzie Astin), who has typical teenager-problems - just in case anyone
cares. Ok, now however Tony really wants to retire ... which Jeannie's
sister, evil Jeannie, sees as an opportunity to bring him and Jeanny I
apart - by assigning him to another mission, with a pretty female
astronaut (Lee Taylor-Allan). This proves to be too much for Jeannie, and
she decides to seperate, temporarily at least, and prove herself as a
modern independent woman, without using her powers ... After much to and
fro though, evil Jeannie captures not-so-evil Jeannie in a bottle only
another genie (or djinn) can open, and then disaster strikes: Tony has
lost control of his space shuttle and it's going to be hit by an asteroid,
unless ... well, he needs a miracle of genie-ous proportions, but she's
captured in that blasted bottle. Then her son though turns up, and he
discovers his own djinn-powers just in time. Then the two though have to
persuade Haji (André De Shields), master of all djinns and genies and
owner of a fitness spa, to save Tony - and he only wills in when Jeannie
promises she will make her master forget all about her or her son ... Well,
Tony is saved, but he forgets about Jeannie and the boy - but she has a
plan to win him back ... Ill-conceived is about the friendliest
thing to say about these stale wannabe revival of the 1960's cult series I
Dream of Jeannie: Basically, the series was sunk when Jeannie and
Tony were allowed to marry, and this TV-movie picks up on that, telling
about the trials and tribulations of Jeannie the housewife (rather than a
genie picked out of time and context), trying to carry a message about
true love (that's stronger than magic), and trying to add some drama to
the proceedings - and the problem with all of this is, none of it is
funny, and almost every potential gag is sunk by weak writing and an
impersonal directorial effort. Barbara Eden at least does her best to
carry the thing, and she's still really funny at times (and looks amazing
for her 50+ years by the way), but Bill Daily and Hayden Rorke are utterly
wasted repeating their roles from the series, and Wayne Rogers is not only
unfunny and no proper replacement for Larry Hagman, there is also zero
chemistry between him and Barbara Eden. In all, a big disappointment!
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