Review of Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) by Isaac C — 08 Aug 2014

A great prequel that answers lots of questions about the original.

This review of Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) was written by Isaac C on 08 Aug 2014.

Oz the Great and Powerful has generally received mixed reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Oz the Great and Powerful

Review of Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

By Sarah Gopaul (223) for Digital Journal (223) on 21 Oct 2018

Rather than spend too much time focusing on already established details like the flying monkeys, this film shows audiences what they've yet to see…

Read Review

Review of Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

By Brandon H (695) on 06 Jun 2017

Visually beautiful, very imaginative, and exciting for a majority of the time, yet there are a bunch of flaws…

Read Review

Review of Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

By Larushka Ivan-Zadeh (441) for Metro (UK) (700) on 04 Sep 2017

With flying monkeys, Yellow Brick Road and sequin-spangled witches all faithfully reproduced, it's impossible to see this as a standalone film,…

Read Review

Review of Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

By Aaron V (336) on 15 Jul 2016

Once I got passed Franco's strange mannerisms, and mediocre actress Mila Kunis, the movie turned out worthy of being a sequel to the classic…

Read Review

Review of Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

By Ash K (26) on 02 Jan 2017

Es entretenida a momentos, a veces se siente larga y lenta, los efectos visuales son buenos, me parece chevere que al principio fuera en blanco…

Read Review

Review of Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

By Gillian M (132) on 28 Mar 2017

The visuals are spectacular but the film feels a bit flat, picks up in the second half though which saves it from being rubbish…

Read Review

Review of Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

By Brandy Mcdonnell (170) for The Oklahoman (170) on 06 Aug 2018

With his enchanting adventure Oz the Great and Powerful, director Sam Raimi eventually manages to blaze his own trail down the Yellow Brick…

Read Review

Review of Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

By Mark Jackson (231) for Epoch Times (337) on 19 Jun 2016

The script just isn't that compelling…

Read Review

Review of Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

By Mohammed A (375) on 02 Jan 2017

Es entretenida a momentos, a veces se siente larga y lenta, los efectos visuales son buenos, me parece chevere que al principio fuera en blanco…

Read Review

Review of Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

By Reel H (236) on 18 Aug 2017

SCOTT: (Dr. Scott Allison, Professor of Psychology, University of Richmond) So Greg, what was your overall impression of Oz…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Willow (1988)

By Kyeha N (1) on 01 Mar 2009

I seen this movie my name comes from it ahhaha im willows wife kyeha hahahahahaha…

Read Review

Review of Dragonslayer (1981)

By Lindy (11) on 15 Jan 2009

I hated this movie. The plot was lame, the characters' actions made no sense…

Read Review

Review of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

By Davidc. (35) on 03 Dec 2005

Hail to the thief There is not a skant of originality to be found in this waifer thin super british film(why in films are the british so toffy…

Read Review

Review of Shrek (2001)

By 3D_Lover S (2) on 20 Aug 2013

No offense, but I found this movie boring…

Read Review

Review of Dr. No (1962)

By Stefan G (492) on 13 Mar 2015

Dr. No was not the best Bond movie by far. It was low budget and extremely cheesy…

Read Review

Review of Aladdin (1992)

By Kaden C (34) on 22 Sep 2017

A great combination of storytelling and comedy, Aladdin gives you everything you want from a Disney film…

Read Review

Review of Moonraker (1979)

By Imthenoob (1,101) on 12 Nov 2019

Their attempt to take advantage of the recent sci-fi craze crashed hilariously…

Read Review

Review of Dune (1984)

By Imthenoob (1,101) on 10 Jun 2020

Dune is arguably one of the worst written films of all time…

Read Review

Review of Shrek 2 (2004)

By Dostoyevsky3 (164) on 10 Jan 2022

A change in directors butchers Shrek 2 and heavily undermines the only positive aspects of the first film…

Read Review

Review of On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

By Gdsreviews (27) on 07 Jun 2022

George Lazenby's only outing as Bond is spectacularly bad and not worth it even to rent…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

The Voyeurs

2021

58%19 Reviews

Top Gun: Maverick

2022

82%272 Reviews

Avengers: Endgame

2019

86%432 Reviews

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022

78%291 Reviews

War for the Planet of the Apes

2017

78%1,656 Reviews

Joker

2019

81%299 Reviews

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

85%233 Reviews

Blade Runner 2049

2017

80%2,332 Reviews

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

43%1,173 Reviews

Ready Player One

2018

72%1,541 Reviews