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San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
That's why the more you like the Judy Garland film, the more you might appreciate Oz the Great and Powerful. Appreciate. Enjoy. Admire. Be glad to see. Have fun with ... But as for love - well, love will be harder to come by.
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ReelViews James Berardinelli
It's familiar enough to be comfortable but not so familiar that it feels worn and repetitive.
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63
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Chicago Sun-Times
Some of the surprises in Oz the Great and Powerful, the much-anticipated "Wizard of Oz" origins movie, are delightful. Others, however, sink the movie just below the point of recommendation, with the primary drawback falling on the lovely shoulders of Michelle Williams and Mila Kunis, as early versions of Glinda the Good Witch and the Wicked Witch of the West, respectively.
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NPR Bob Mondello
Oz the Great and Powerful tells the story of how the Wizard came to Oz, answering a question I suspect no one was asking, but with considerable digital wizardry.
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Entertainment Weekly
The film is stuffed with three endings too many. You can't blame Raimi for wanting to give us our money's worth. But after a while, you just want him to get to the Happily Ever After already.
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Boston Globe Ty Burr
Which is precisely what's missing from Oz the Great and Powerful: that sense of emotional journey.
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Rolling Stone Peter Travers
There's no Judy Garland songs, no Scarecrow, no Tin Man, no Cowardly Lion. There's also no simplicity, no magic, no truth.
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The Hollywood Reporter Todd McCarthy
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.
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30
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Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
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 shiny, with no heart.
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New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
Don't be fooled by the smoke and mirrors. There is nothing here that is great, or powerful. Worst of all, there's nothing here that even feels like Oz.
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