Oz The Great And Powerful
A small-time magician is swept away to an enchanted land and is forced into a power struggle between three witches.
March 8, 1989 in Mount Clemens, Michigan, USA
11 March 1958, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
6 August 1966, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
14 July 1920, Missouri, USA
14 August 1983, Chernovtsy, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Chernivtsi, Ukraine]
16 June 1934, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
4 August 1981, Gulf Breeze, Florida, USA
June 01, 2016
Visually, Oz: The Great and Powerful is a delight that caters to all ages.
June 13, 2013
This eye-filling fantasy is an entertaining riff on how the Wizard of that immortal film found his way to Oz.
March 08, 2013
Let us take a moment to praise two great and surprisingly powerful characters: a winged monkey and a wee girl made out of china. Because so much human wonder resides in these two creations of make-up, puppetry, digital effects and lovely performances.
April 15, 2016
For as high it soars in its opening twenty-five minutes, its midsection falls just as flat, before its director takes back the reigns in time for an exceptional finale.
July 14, 2016
This is most definitely a 'Sam Raimi film,' filled with shots and camera techniques he perfected in the Evil Dead pictures before bringing them to the mainstream.
January 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.
March 10, 2013
An imaginative mix of live-action and CGI that pays homage to the iconic images and timeless sense of wonder in the classic The Wizard of Oz without being too deferential.
June 20, 2016
The script just isn't that compelling. The film looks pretty great, but it's ultimately flash over substance; a boredom recipe for anyone over the age of 6.
June 27, 2014
While the movie looks great and kicks into satisfying high gear as it heads toward the last act...the tinhorn feeling of the bulk...leaves one yearning for another trip down the yellow brick road-the one first glimpsed by audiences in 1939.
March 08, 2013
Aside from a trio of witches that can hold its own with Eastwick's in the dishiness department, Oz the Great and Powerful is a peculiarly joyless occasion.
March 30, 2016
Disney spent more than $200 million on this special effects film, and while the pacing and the visuals captivate, it's really James Franco's performance as the Wizard and an abundance of allusions to the 1939 classic that make it fun.
March 08, 2013
Oz the Great and Powerful is entirely serviceable family entertainment. Problem is, serviceable doesn't quite cut it when you're talking about the magical land of Oz.
