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  • Return to Oz
  • Opened June 21, 1985 | Runtime:1 hr. 53 min.
  • PG
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 8+. Read More
  • After a disturbing stint in a mental hospital, a cherubic Dorothy (Fairuza Balk) gets washed away to Oz, only to find it a changed place. Menacing Wheelers swivel around a broke-down Emerald City, vain witch Mombi covets her walk-in chamber of human Read More
  • Cast: Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Fairuza Balk, Piper Laurie, Matt Clark
  • Director: Walter Murch
  • Genres: Escape Film, Children's Fantasy, Fantasy Adventure, Fantasy, Children's/Family

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So-so Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

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  • 63
    TV Guide |

    First of all, it has no music. That aside, it doesn't have any wit, joy, or...

  • 60
    Empire |

    It's enthralling as well as rambling, you do miss the songs, but there is...

  • 60
    Los Angeles Times | Sheila Benson

    Everyone who grew up with the full range of the Oz books is deeply in Murch's...

  • 50
    The Globe and Mail (Toronto) | Jay Scott

    Dorothy's friends are as weird as her enemies, which is faithful to the...

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