- Studio: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- Release Date: Mar 8, 2013
- Starring: James Franco, Michelle Williams, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz
- Summary: A small-time magician is swept away to the enchanted land of Oz and is forced into a power struggle between three witches.
- Director: Sam Raimi
- Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Family
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 42
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Mixed: 21 out of 42
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Negative: 10 out of 42
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80If there are post-Harry Potter children who don’t know or care about The Wizard of Oz, they might be at sea with this story about a not-very-nice grownup in a magic land, but long-term Oz watchers will be enchanted and enthralled. There’s even a musical number, albeit an abbreviated one. Mila Kunis gets a gold star for excellence in bewitchery and Sam Raimi can settle securely behind the curtain as a mature master of illusion.
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60Is all of that to say that Oz the Great and Powerful comes even close to matching the timeless, iconic stature of 1939's "The Wizard of Oz"? No, of course not. That's not just a once-in-a-lifetime cultural phenomenon, but a once-in-many-liftimes one.
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60Oz the Great and Powerful tells the story of how the Wizard came to Oz, answering a question I suspect no one was asking, but with considerable digital wizardry.
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30At the center of the movie, in place of the ardent, emotionally pulverizing Judy Garland, there is James Franco...as he smirks and winks, his reflexive self-deprecation comes off as a gutless kind of cool, and it sinks this odd, fretful, uncertain movie like a boulder. [18 March 2013, p.86]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 66 out of 109
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Mixed: 19 out of 109
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Negative: 24 out of 109
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