The Wizard of Oz Reviews
Cinema Crazed
Decades later and it's all still such a fresh and vibrant experience...
TIME Magazine
Top CriticThe whimsical gaiety, the lighthearted song & dance, the lavish Hollywood sets and costumes are as fresh and beguiling today as they were ten years ago when the picture was first released.
Boston Phoenix
When he is exposed by the indefatigable Toto, the Wizard reveals that ultimate Hollywood secret, that the reality doesn't matter as much as the image, that illusion is as effective as truth if believed in, if only for 90 minutes of screen time.
Observer [UK]
Somehow, for all the dollar-book Freud brought to bear on it, the picture comes up fresh, innocent and enchanting whenever you see it.
Total Film
This phantasmagorical fantasy really does represent old-school MGM filmmaking at its best.
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| Original Score: 5/5
A work of almost staggering iconographic, mythological, creative and simple emotional meaning, at least for American audiences, this is one vintage film that fully lives up to its classic status.
The story of course has some lovely and wild ideas, but the picture doesn't know what to do with them, except to be painfully literal and elaborate about everything.
There is something new in the land of cinema at long last.
| Original Score: 5/5
7M Pictures
It is one of the greatest movies ever made, and even today it stands the test of time as a quality family flick.
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| Original Score: 5/5
Projection Booth
Nothing less than an life-affirming echo from the hall of mankind's eternal soul.
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| Original Score: A
EmanuelLevy.Com
Decades after it was made, this fable retains its emotional power and visual enchantment, an amazing achievement considering different directors worked on it.
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| Original Score: A
Common Sense Media
Even decades later, one of the best family films ever made.
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| Original Score: 5/5
Baltimore Sun
One reason I've loved The Wizard of Oz from boyhood is the way it invites everyone to participate in its make-believe. You surrender your disbelief gleefully because the film is so witty and enjoyable.
LarsenOnFilm
A head trip of a family film.
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| Original Score: 4/4
Sci-Fi Movie Page
The moment Judy Garland starts singing in that barnyard, we're all six years old again, with nothing left to do but join her.
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| Original Score: 4/4
Groucho Reviews
It's more than a movie; it's an American rite of passage. [Blu-ray]
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| Original Score: 4/4
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
The movie--well, you know the movie. You know how great Judy Garland is as Dorothy, how memorable the rest of the cast is, how terrific Victor Fleming's direction is, and that the film's themes of the importance of home have helped it to resonate througho
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| Original Score: A+
Antagony & Ecstasy
If through some incredible chance you haven't [seen it], all I can say is: do so immediately. Make this the very next movie you watch. Literally.
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| Original Score: 10/10
Seanax.com
More than a movie classic, it's an essential part of the popular culture...
One of only a handful of films that nearly everyone is familiar with.
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| Original Score: 4/4
