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Oz: The Great and Powerful 2013

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In Oz, nothing is what it seems.

Sam Raimi (Spider-Man) imagines the origins of the Wizard of Oz in this prequel to the 1939 cinema classic. Stars Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, and James Franco as the morally dubious young magician destined to become Oz.  More

Oscar Diggs (Franco), a small-time circus magician and full-time heartbreaker, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz. There he thinks he’s hit the jackpot when he meets the beautiful Theodora (Kunis), who is convinced Oscar's the great wizard prophesied to rule the kingdom. She introduces him to her sister Evanora (Weisz), who in turn shows him to the vast fortune that will be his - should he defeat the wicked witch plaguing the Land of Oz. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing this fantastical world, Oscar puts his magical arts to use through illusion and transform himself into the great and powerful Oz. Hide

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180 votes / 53 comments The Talk

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    • Adam

      Yay! Flying monkeys!

    • Kat

      I wish I was part of this cast! Looks amazing!

    • Esta*

      OMG looks AWESOME!

    • Ken-Burns

      Sam Raimi is a movie industry hero for me!

    • trudie

      looks awesome

    • amy

      another fairytale-movie ... looks really good though :)

    • Kirk

      Interesting take on the Wizard of Oz story, looks good.

    • alex

      yeeeeees!!

    • Red

      Hmmm. Looks too Alice in Wonderland not enough Wizard of Oz. But still looks good.

    • Tania1

      with a little bit of the Adams family I love your writing style red

    • Charlotte

      snore

    • Chris

      Looks fantastic :)

    • RexH

      Visually interesting... just hope it maintains the whimsy of L. Frank Baum's books

    • lil

      wow colourful

    • frustrated

      Why wont your clips work!

    • frustrated

      Why wont your clips work!

    • Dan T

      "Tim Burton's Land of the Lost looks great!"

    • reetz

      deff watch this,

    • Missy

      I'd much prefer a movie version of Wicked...

    • jools

      WOW-looks great!

    • Jessie

      Where did Dorthy go?

    • Bren

      ummm - this is the prequel to the Wizard of Oz, so therefore before Dorothy's time.... I would think that it's about the wizard of Oz

    • Sal

      Can't wait to see this looks fantastic

    • kells

      great cast

    • Ayla

      Yessss I wanna watch it!!

    • Rosie

      KEEN!

    • redboarder

      yo yo this looks good... can't wait

    • D F Stuckey

      Reviving old classisc that have been referenced so much no-one recalls the source . . Well, worked with JOHN CARTER :)

    • FUNNY GUY

      WELCOME TO OZ BITCH!!!!

    • emma8

      wat the hell that actually looks alright.

    • Red

      How Visually Stunning Does That Look

    • Canna

      Michelle Williams is so beautiful.

    • LOKI

      james franco and mila kunis great

    • Egan

      Awesome wanna see it

    • Alban

      Looks cool like Alice threw the looking glass and that wizard of oz

    • slychick

      Again, these new versions of the old fairy tales are awesome

    • Rhys

      Looks worth watching, seems as though it gives a logical prelude to The Wizard of Oz.

    • trinity

      I realy want to see it.

    • kyla

      yes

    • Tiana

      I am going to see it today!!!

    • tree

      yes

    • krystal

      yes

    • i wanna watch

      AWESOME

    • rhyanna

      i wanna watch it today

    • anju

      im gonna watch this NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • beyonce knowels

      saw this movie luv it just lik how i luv u

    • beyonce knowels

      yay flying munkeys just lik my fans flying

    • Katy

      IM GONNA SEE IT 2DAY, BEST DAY YET!!!

    • LOL

      LOL....LOL....LOL....DUDE!!.........................PEACE....OUT

    • Alice :)

      might be seeing it tomorrow so excited :D

    • toby

      wow looks great!!!!!

    • Maia

      I have seen it and I... LOVE IT

    • Glen3

      great couler in the film good for the kid the older 1939 classic much better a very long 2 hours no for me

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Flicks.co.nz Review

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James Croot Flicks Writer

Great and powerful? More like merely good and enjoyable. Reining in his trademark dark excesses, director Sam Raimi’s prequel is both a satisfying set up to the 1939 classic and an appropriate homage. But while many modern audience members will be pleased that this is virtually shorn of musical interludes, it’s also light on lightness, save for James Franco’s near-permanent

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Recommended.

Red Flicks Superstar (?)

This is a kids film, more so than I expected. And they'll love it. It has a nice technicolour quality and some parts are quite beautiful, but it doesn't avoid what I will call over-CGI-ness (a suspension-of-disbelief-busting plague on nearly big-budget films these days).

It also has a few strange and flat moments.... but its a good, lavish blockbuster with nice imagery and inventiveness. I thought Franco was great - despite his bad reviews - and its good that Oz's shyster qualities weren't downplayed. Michelle Williams is also very good.

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Recommended... THAT YOU DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY

Sarah29 Flicks Superstar (?)

Please, I am begging you, don't waste 2 hours of your life to watch a terrible performance Hollywood golden boy (I have no idea why he is) James Franco struggle through a film that is totally not right for him and a story that does complete dis-service to Victor Flemming's classic. And people with kids, please don't ruin the magic for your children, just let them watch the original and just pretend this one didn't happen!

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Expected a lot more.

Roo B-Grader (?)

I was really let down with this film, I was expecting really good things but I found the movie dragged on, and had worked out the plot within the first few minutes, really excellent imagery but other than the nice scenery not worth the money.

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Press Reviews

Hollywood Reporter

A miscast James Franco and a lack of charm and humor doom Sam Raimi's prequel to the 1939 Hollywood classic. Oz the Wimpy and Weak would be more like it. Full review.

Total Film (UK)

A lavishly mounted re-telling that, for all its good intentions and visual wonders, can’t help seeming surplus to requirements. Full review.

Variety (USA)

This elaborate exercise in visual Baum-bast nonetheless gets some mileage out of its game performances, luscious production design and the unfettered enthusiasm director Sam Raimi brings to a thin, simplistic origin story. Full review.

Empire (UK)

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. Full review.

Little White Lies (UK)

You won't want to return to this Oz. Full review.