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The Wizard of Oz

1939

Victor Fleming

Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr ...

7.4

56,020

Fantasy. Musical. Adventure Dorothy lives on a farm in Kansas until a cyclone arrives, and picks her, her house, and her dog up and deposits them in the land of Oz. Things in Oz are strange and beautiful, but Dorothy just wants to get back home. She's helped by the Good Witch of the North, but she's also in trouble with the Wicked Witch of the West, who seeks revenge for the death of her sister; the Wicked Witch of the East, for which she blames Dorothy.

	Author	Review
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"This is one vintage film that fully lives up to its classic status and should play with outstanding success to contemporary audiences of all ages."	POS
United States	Peter Stack SFGATE	"This wonderful romp of a movie looks magical on the big screen: colors are a picnic for the eyes, details loom so clearly you can practically touch them and there's a sense of the larger-than-life with a film that's already larger than life."	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"'The Wizard of Oz' remains the weirdest, scariest, kookiest, most haunting and indelible kid-flick-that's-really-for-adults ever made in Hollywood."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"It's a movie that speaks of Hollywood's unacknowledged fascination with the exotic, the mad, the unreal. (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Frank S. Nugent The New York Times	"A delightful piece of wonder-working which had the youngsters' eyes shining and brought a quietly amused gleam to the wiser ones of the oldsters."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"Its underlying story penetrates straight to the deepest insecurities of childhood, stirs them and then reassures them. (...) Rating. ★★★★ (out of four)"	POS

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