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Oz the Great and Powerful

Oz the Great and Powerful

Fantasy · Adventure · Family · 2013

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.

Movie details

Oz the Great and Powerful

“In Oz, nothing is what it seems.”

2013 Fantasy · Adventure · Family 2h 10m

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5.9 / 10

Community rating

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.

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What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Sam Raimi

Written by

Mitchell Kapner · David Lindsay-Abaire

James Franco

James Franco

Oz

Mila Kunis

Mila Kunis

Theodora / Wicked Witch of the West

Rachel Weisz

Rachel Weisz

Evanora

Michelle Williams

Michelle Williams

Annie / Glinda

Zach Braff

Zach Braff

Frank / Finley

Bill Cobbs

Bill Cobbs

Master Tinker

Joey King

Joey King

Girl in Wheelchair / China Girl

Court is in session

Put Oz the Great and Powerful on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.