Oz the Great and Powerful (Blu-ray) PG
In Oz, nothing is what it seems
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 2 hours, 10 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: August 28, 2018
- Originally Released: 2020
- Label: Walt Disney Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz, James Franco, Mila Kunis & Bill Cobbs | |
Directed by | Sam Raimi | |
Screenwriting by | Mitchell Kapner & David Lindsay-Abaire | |
Composition by | Danny Elfman | |
Story by | Mitchell Kapner | |
Director of Photography: | Peter Deming | |
Voice: | Zach Braff & Joey King |
Entertainment Reviews:
Weighing in at 130 minutes, Oz the Great and Powerful is as cumbersome and overwrought as its title.
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Maclean's Magazine
Rating: 2.2/5 --
This incarnation of Oz and its stars may be pretty to look at, but nearly every aspect of the production is empty-headed.
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Spectrum Culture
Predictable, burdened with unfunny dialogue and stilted performances, and insulting to its audience and its source material, this Oz is anything but great.
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Eugene Weekly (OR)
For every positive spin -- the visual flare, a really good supporting cast, interesting back stories - the film can't overcome its one fatal flaw. That flaw is James Franco... . He looks completely disinterested and out of place.
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Bowling Green Daily News
There's not enough to make a new classic to match the old. This movie may be mildly diverting, but for that you'll have to keep looking somewhere over the rainbow. It ain't here.
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Cinema Siren
The studio that hinges on creating magical family entertainment seems to have forgotten that magic, contrary to popular belief, is not created by adhering to formula.
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IONCINEMA.com
Rating: B+ --
Overall, Oz the Great and Powerful is good and effective. It could be better, but it feels like part of the Oz most of us know and love, and that fact lives up to the "Great" in the title.
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Product Description:
A mischievous magician gains the wisdom to become a powerful ruler after being swept away to a land of magic and mystery as director Sam Raimi and screenwriters Mitchell Kapner and David Lindsay-Abaire (RABBIT HOLE) explore the genesis of author L. Frank Baum's enduring tales of Oz. Shady illusionist Oscar Diggs (James Franco) enchants curious audiences at a Kansas circus. A self-professed con man, he's a fast-talking performer who aspires to follow in the footsteps of inventors like Thomas Edison. Oscar is being chased across the circus grounds by the rampaging Strongman when a tornado blows in and everyone runs for cover. Seeing a hot-air balloon as his only chance for escape, the illusionist jumps in and cuts himself free. Magically transported to the wondrous world of Oz, he soon encounters Theodora (Mila Kunis), a temperamental witch who surmises that he is the wizard named after their land (Oscar's nickname is Oz), foretold to fall from the sky, defeat a nasty witch, and ascend to the throne. Theodora takes Oscar to the Emerald City to meet her sister Evanora (Rachel Weisz), a powerful witch who reveals that he cannot become the rightful ruler of Oz until he's accomplished his mission. Later, as Oscar and his new flying-monkey companion Finley (voice of Zach Braff) prepare to face their fearsome enemy, they're joined by the fragile but fearless China Girl (voice of Joey King) and benevolent witch Glinda the Good (Michelle Williams), who help them prepare for the arduous battle ahead. Together with the brave people of Oz, Oscar draws up a plan to rid the land of evil once and for all, and become the great and powerful king who will rule from his throne in the Emerald City.