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Oz: The Great and Powerful

2013

Sam Raimi

James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams ...

5.3

21,354

Fantasy. Adventure Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz. At first he thinks he's hit the jackpot-fame and fortune are his for the taking. That all changes, however, when he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz), and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone's been expecting. Reluctantly ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Justin Chang Variety	"Evoking the structure and iconography of MGM’s classic “The Wizard of Oz” without attempting to rival its impact, Disney’s “Oz the Great and Powerful” can be enjoyed, up to a point, on its own colorful, diverting but finally rather futile terms"
		Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"Some of the surprises in Oz the Great and Powerful, the much-anticipated "Wizard of Oz" origins movie, are delightful. Others, however, sink the movie just below the point of recommendation (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"
		Lou Lumenick New York Post	"Sam Raimi's dull, kitschy and overlong patchwork is sadly an epic fail - despite the presence of Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz and Mila Kunis as a trio of witches (...) Rating: ★ (out of four)"
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"There's no Judy Garland songs, no Scarecrow, no Tin Man, no Cowardly Lion. There's also no simplicity, no magic, no truth (...) screenwriters miss the essential elements of charm and subversive wit (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"
		Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"A partially effective jumble whose elements clash rather than cohere (...) this solid but not spectacular effort stubbornly refuses to catch fire until it's almost too late"
		Claudia Puig USA Today	"A visually stunning walk along the Yellow Brick Road (...) Oz the Great and Powerful is a grand adventure notable for its enchanting visual artistry (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"

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