Oz the Great and Powerful

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Oz the Great and Powerful

PG

2013

2h 10m

Kids & Family

Fantasy

Adventure

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When shady circus magician Oscar Diggs (James Franco) is hurled away from Kansas into the wonderful land of Oz, he thinks that fame and fortune are his for the taking. However, three witches -- Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams) -- remain unconvinced that Oscar is the great wizard that the inhabitants of Oz need and expect. Reluctantly drawn into Oz's epic problems, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it's too late.

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Critics Consensus

It suffers from some tonal inconsistency and a deflated sense of wonder, but Oz the Great and Powerful still packs enough visual dazzle and clever wit to be entertaining in its own right.

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Jenny Catchings

Bitch Media

01/14/2021

Make no mistake, Oz the Great & Powerful a beautiful film... But any true weight of vacancy rests in the script itself - and no feats of acting could have fundamentally changed this trap.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

metro.co.uk

09/05/2017

3/5

With flying monkeys, Yellow Brick Road and sequin-spangled witches all faithfully reproduced, it's impossible to see this as a standalone film, given it looks like an HD colouring book version of the original movie.

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Wesley Morris

Grantland

01/03/2014

The twister that comes to whirl Oscar into Oz is so preordained you could find its departure information and flight time from an airport travel board.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Nov 19

1.5/4

A portrait of plasticity that could have benefited from more intelligence in its narrative structure, more feeling in its characterizations, and more courage to break away from the generic, one-size-fits-all strain of blockbuster.

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Cheryl Eddy

io9.com

Nov 13

It’s not an unpleasant way to spend two hours.

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B.L. Panther

Paste Magazine

10/02/2023

D+

Today, Oz the Great and Powerful boasts collective and equal distaste among audiences and critics alike, which suggests that there’s something to be resisted within the film.

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Griffith J

@griffithxjohnson Nov 25

A potentially good concept that has clever hints to its source material. But it has some of the ugliest, blatant, & unconvincing uses of CGI I’ve ever seen. Painful to get through due to terrible writing & offensively careless acting. A muddled mess of tones that won’t ever commit to a solid idea. Raimi’s style pokes through here & there in enjoyable ways but it’s always smothered by Disney’s lifeless attempts at mass appeal.

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Alysha S

Nov 24

3.25. The coloring was wonderful and Mila Kunis did a great job. The film was also very Sam Raimi. Which worked well, but worked better for Spider-Man.

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Rachel C.

@raycardella82 Sep 15

I do enjoy watching this film because it’s beautiful

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Jon L

Sep 1

Still a fun watch after all these years. Shame they never made a sequel.

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Shawn V

Jul 14

A good continuation of the Wizard of Oz series.

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Zach S

Jun 27

it is an okay film. Not bad, not great, it needed more time in the editing suite.

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Synopsis

When shady circus magician Oscar Diggs (James Franco) is hurled away from Kansas into the wonderful land of Oz, he thinks that fame and fortune are his for the taking. However, three witches -- Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams) -- remain unconvinced that Oscar is the great wizard that the inhabitants of Oz need and expect. Reluctantly drawn into Oz's epic problems, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it's too late.

Director: Sam Raimi
Producer: Joe Roth
Screenwriter: Mitchell Kapner, David Lindsay-Abaire
Distributor: Walt Disney
Production Co: Roth Films
Rating: PG (Scary Images|Brief Mild Language|Sequences of Action)
Genre: Kids & Family, Fantasy, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 8, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 26, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $234.9M
Runtime: 2h 10m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, SDDS, Datasat
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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