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Tin Man
MINISERIES: Sci Fi, begins Sunday 12/2 at 9:00p

Tin Man
Critic Score
Metascore: 54 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
6.0 out of 10
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Starring Zooey Deschanel, Alan Cumming, Raoul Trujillo, Neal McDonough, Kathleen Robertson, and Richard Dreyfuss

The Sci Fi channel reimagines "The Wizard of Oz" as a three-part miniseries.

GENRE(S): Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
CREATED BY: L. Frank Baum (book)
Craig W. Van Sickle
Steven Long Mitchell
FIRST AIR DATE: December 2, 2007

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83
Christian Science Monitor Gloria Goodale
This version, while imaginative and ambitious--as Halmi's sumptuous visions almost invariably are--is less successful.
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80
Los Angeles Times
To say that Tin Man is not as good as its near-perfect models is not to damn it, even faintly. Like Sci Fi's "Flash Gordon" update--which the Halmis also produce and which it resembles far more than it does "The Wizard of Oz"-- it's a good-looking, entertaining fantasy adventure, with a cast that is easy to spend time with.
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