Oz the Great and Powerful
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: March 8, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 42 Critic Reviews
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11
Mixed:
21
Negative:
10
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
30
The New YorkerDavid DenbyMar 18, 2013
At the center of the movie, in place of the ardent, emotionally pulverizing Judy Garland, there is James Franco...as he smirks and winks, his reflexive self-deprecation comes off as a gutless kind of cool, and it sinks this odd, fretful, uncertain movie like a boulder. [18 March 2013, p.86]
30
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternMar 7, 2013
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. Read full review
30
Village VoiceScott FoundasMar 5, 2013
Oz tilts towards the mawkish, as the sham wizard learns the value of selflessness and an incessant Danny Elfman score tugs so shamelessly at your tear ducts that it would make the Tin Man surrender his heart on the spot. Read full review
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyMar 7, 2013
Unfortunately, it has the model of the 1939 film to remind us how lacking in delight this version is. Read full review
25
Washington PostAnn HornadayMar 7, 2013
About the movie industry’s misguided belief that it can distract the audience from a film’s narrative weaknesses with little more than flash and spectacle. That con might have worked with the rubes once upon a time, but in case Hollywood hasn’t noticed, we’re not in Kansas anymore. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMar 7, 2013
Oz the Great and Powerful is an oppressive, bloated bore. Read full review
25
New York PostLou LumenickMar 6, 2013
Save your money and wait for the new 3-D version of the 1939 classic that Warner Bros. has promised for later this year. Read full review
20
The New York TimesManohla DargisMar 7, 2013
Can the major studios still make magic? From the looks of Oz the Great and Powerful, a dispiriting, infuriating jumble of big money, small ideas and ugly visuals, the answer seems to be no — unless, perhaps, the man behind the curtain is Martin Scorsese or James Cameron. Read full review
12
Slant MagazineCalum MarshMar 5, 2013
An amorphous melange of ill-fitting reference points and misappropriated aesthetics, a lumbering family blockbuster both tiresome and wholly indistinct. Read full review
0
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanMar 7, 2013
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. Read full review
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