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By Leonard Maltin (609) for indieWire (3,631) on 12 Jun 2013

This eye-filling fantasy is an entertaining riff on how the Wizard of that immortal film found his way to Oz…

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By John Serba (472) for MLive.com (475) on 10 Jun 2013

Thick with director Sam Raimi's gonzo flourishes, but thin on character…

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By Forrest Hartman (372) for Reno Gazette-Journal (441) on 10 Jun 2013

For a movie that looks gorgeous, evokes memories of a cinematic classic and boasts a bundle of star power, Oz the Great and Powerful is oddly flat…

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By Carla Meyer (580) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 27 May 2013

The funny, warm-hearted Wizard of Oz prequel Oz the Great and Powerful veers far enough from the Yellow Brick Road paved by the original film…

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By Margot Harrison (328) for Seven Days (657) on 21 May 2013

It pushes its gospel of modern magic - one third science, one third show biz, one third motivational speech - with Disney Channel earnestness…

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By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

Raimi's 'Oz' is nothing more than a grand theft of a 74-year-old vision, thinly veiled in over-saturated colors and populated with action-figure…

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By Bruce Bennett (577) for Spectrum (St. George, Utah) (575) on 22 Apr 2013

True...the odds were stacked against Raimi in his film that has some moments but hardly seems momentous…

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By Kevin A. Ranson (644) for MovieCrypt.com (644) on 31 Mar 2013

Sam Raimi has managed to recapture the feel and charm of the original 'Wizard of Oz'... and that may be the greatest compliment of all…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue.com (1,236) on 29 Mar 2013

The script is the real problem, lacking in humor and wit (not to mention jaunty musical numbers) and emphasizing the type of sensory overload…

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By Steve Persall (1,105) for Tampa Bay Times (1,287) on 19 Mar 2013

It took brains to create such a sumptuous fantasia with pixels and keyboard swipes. Now, if it only had a heart…

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By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 19 Mar 2013

When a movie is as beloved as The Wizard of Oz, making a prequel would seem a foolhardy enterprise…

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By Dan Lybarger (786) for KC Active (97) on 18 Mar 2013

Oz the Great and Powerful should probably have been titled Oz the so-so and Kind of Entertaining or Oz, At Least It's Better than The Wonderful…

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By David Denby (676) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 18 Mar 2013

Oz the Great and Powerful, like so many products of movie studios that have lost their way, is a Tin Man of epic proportions — bright and…

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By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Rip It Up (249) on 17 Mar 2013

You've got to love any movie that features an army of rollicking Munchkins getting halfway through a Danny Elfman song before, basically, they're…

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By Mark Ramsey (290) for MovieJuice! (290) on 17 Mar 2013

It's Mila Kunis! And she's dressed like she took the wrong tornado on the way to F. Scott Fitzgerald…

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By Matt Neal (458) for The Standard (252) on 17 Mar 2013

Oz The Great And Powerful is as good as it could be…

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By Jim Schembri (1,298) for 3AW (1,025) on 17 Mar 2013

[Director Sam] Raimi fills every square centimetre of the frame with aggressively attractive images...Simply put, Oz is simply beautiful to behold…

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By Widgett Walls (433) for Needcoffee.com (433) on 15 Mar 2013

You know, its heart was in the right place…

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By Blake Howard (505) for 2UE That Movie Show (314) on 15 Mar 2013

Just like Dorothy's technicolour journey before, this trip through Oz is once again smeared by this ill deserving charlatan…

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By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 15 Mar 2013

The hackneyed message is about the importance of 'belief,' but in what…

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