Rotten
The twister that comes to whirl Oscar into Oz is so preordained you could find its departure information and flight time from an airport travel board.
Wesley Morris, Grantland
Oz the Great and Powerful
In Oz, nothing is what it seems.
2013 · 2h 10m · PG
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Directed by
Sam Raimi
Overview
Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wizard of prophecy, there to save Oz from the clutches of evil.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
56%
Tomatometer
Fresh
An imaginative mix of live-action and CGI that pays homage to the iconic images and timeless sense of wonder in the classic The Wizard of Oz without being too deferential.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Rotten
Oz the Great and Powerful is entirely serviceable family entertainment. Problem is, serviceable doesn't quite cut it when you're talking about the magical land of Oz.
Randy Myers, San Jose Mercury News
Rotten
Aside from a trio of witches that can hold its own with Eastwick's in the dishiness department, Oz the Great and Powerful is a peculiarly joyless occasion.
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
Let us take a moment to praise two great and surprisingly powerful characters: a winged monkey and a wee girl made out of china. Because so much human wonder resides in these two creations of make-up, puppetry, digital effects and lovely performances.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
More films
Welcome to Woop Woop (1998)
Adventure · Comedy · Fantasy · Music · R
A con artist escapes a deal gone wrong in New York and winds up in the Aussie outback in a strange town whose inhabitants are an oddball collection of misfits.
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Director
- Stephan Elliott
- Cast
- Johnathon Schaech, Rod Taylor, Susie Porter
IMDb
5.7
Rotten Tomatoes
37%
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Action · Adventure · Comedy · Fantasy · PG-13
Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green eyes in order to return to the human realm.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Director
- John Carpenter
- Cast
- Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, James Hong
IMDb
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes
74%
Metacritic
53
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1985)
Adventure · Fantasy · PG
Simon, son of the king, must flee when the empire is overthrown by the evil Shurka. Schooled in the arts of magic, he must find the Ring of Magic and the Sword of Power and defeat the wizard who killed his father. He is joined in his quest by the swordmaster Kor, his faithful protector Gulfax, and the Forest Wizard Hurla.
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Director
- Héctor Olivera
- Cast
- Bo Svenson, Vidal Peterson, Thom Christopher
IMDb
2.8
DragonHeart (1996)
Action · Adventure · Drama · Fantasy · PG-13
In an ancient time when majestic fire-breathers soared through the skies, a knight named Bowen comes face to face and heart to heart with the last dragon on Earth, Draco. Taking up arms to suppress a tyrant king, Bowen soon realizes his task will be harder than he'd imagined: If he kills the king, Draco will die as well.
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Director
- Rob Cohen
- Cast
- Dennis Quaid, David Thewlis, Pete Postlethwaite
IMDb
6.5
Rotten Tomatoes
50%
Metacritic
49
Jumanji (1995)
Adventure · Family · Fantasy · PG
When siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly invite Alan -- an adult who's been trapped inside the game for 26 years -- into their living room. Alan's only hope for freedom is to finish the game, which proves risky as all three find themselves running from giant ...
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Director
- Joe Johnston
- Cast
- Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst, Bradley Pierce
IMDb
7.1
Rotten Tomatoes
53%
Metacritic
41
Comments
Talk about the film with other members