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06/10/08
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
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Reviews Counted: 65
Fresh: 65
Rotten:0
Average Rating: 9.1/10
Consensus: An absolute masterpiece whose groundbreaking visuals and deft storytelling are still every bit as resonant. A must-see film for young and old.
Runtime: 5 hrs 4 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Synopsis: Judy Garland stars as Dorothy in a musical based on the classic children's book by L. Frank Baum. When Dorothy's neighbor, Miss Gulch, threatens to take away Dorothy's precious dog, Toto, Dorothy runs away from home. Attempting to return,... [More]
Starring: Judy Garland, Jack Haley, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr
Director: Victor Fleming, King Vidor
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Reviews for The Wizard of Oz
Top Critic There's an audience for Oz wherever there's a projection machine and a screen.
05/12/08
Top Critic Lavish in sets, adult in humor, it is a Broadway spectacle translated into make-believe.
05/12/08
Top Critic The songs and magic are still fresh, even if it isn't quite knowing enough, perhaps, for today's young audiences.
05/12/08
I don't find the film light or joyful in the least -- an air of primal menace hangs about it, which may be why I love it.
06/26/07
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Top Critic I'll see you on the dark side of the moon...and your little dog, too!
01/19/07
It's a movie that speaks of Hollywood's unacknowledged fascination with the exotic, the mad, the unreal.
12/30/06
...a thoroughly American fairy tale that wholly endorses the ethic of consumerism.
08/25/06
Oz simply lays bare primal emotions, exposes our childhood anxieties about abandonment and powerlessness and brings to light the tension between the repressive comforts of home and the liberating terrors of the unknown marking all our adult lives.
01/26/06
The key to The Wizard of Oz is its pure, simple theme: Dorothy's desire to get back home, to safety, to comfort, to family and to love.
11/03/05
Warner Home Video's DVD invites you to watch the movie a dozen more times on top of the many dozens of times you've already seen it.
11/03/05
Top Critic It's a movie almost everyone has seen multiple times, and every viewing is a visit home as well as a wild adventure toward territories unknown.
10/28/05
Some movies defy criticism and, because nothing bugs critics more than their superfluousness towards a film's general perception, inspire reactive critical insanity.
10/24/05
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