The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Average Rating: 9.3/10
Reviews Counted: 103
Fresh: 102 | Rotten: 1
An absolute masterpiece whose groundbreaking visuals and deft storytelling are still every bit as resonant, The Wizard of Oz is a must-see film for young and old.
Average Rating: 9/10
Critic Reviews: 24
Fresh: 23 | Rotten: 1
An absolute masterpiece whose groundbreaking visuals and deft storytelling are still every bit as resonant, The Wizard of Oz is a must-see film for young and old.
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L. Frank Baum's classic tale comes to magisterial Technicolor life! The Wizard of Oz stars legendary Judy Garland as Dorothy, an innocent farm girl whisked out of her mundane earthbound existence into a land of pure imagination. Dorothy's journey in Oz will take her through emerald forests, yellow brick roads, and creepy castles, all with the help of some unusual but earnest song-happy friends.
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Cast
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Judy Garland
Dorothy Gale -
Frank Morgan
Prof. Marvel, The Wi... -
Ray Bolger
Hunk, The Scarecrow -
Bert Lahr
The Cowardly Lion, Z... -
Jack Haley
Hickory, The Tin Woo... -
Billie Burke
Glinda the Good Witc... -
Margaret Hamilton
Miss Gulch, The Wick... -
Pat Walshe
Nikko -
Clara Blandick
Auntie Em -
Billy Bletcher
Mayor/Lollypop Guild -
Harlan Briggs
Uncle Henry's Double -
Tyler Brooke
Ozmite -
Adriana Caselotti
Juliet -
Pinto Colvig
Munchkin -
Billy Curtis
City Father -
Abe Dinovitch
Apple Tree, Munchkin -
Major Doyle
Munchkin (uncredited... -
Daisy Earles
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Harry Earles
Guild Singer -
Charles Grapewin
Uncle Henry -
Charles Irwin
Ozmite -
Lois January
Cat Owner -
Mitchell Lewis
Head Winkie -
Walter Miller
Bespectacled Munchki... -
Yvonne Moray
League Dancer -
Lillian Porter
Munchkin (uncredited... -
Jimmy Rosen
Munchkin (uncredited... -
The Singer Midgets
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Terry
Toto -
Carol Tevis
Munchkin -
Bobby Watson
Ozmite -
Buddy Ebsen
Tin Woodman on "We'r... -
Oliver Smith
Ozmite -
George Ministeri
Coach Driver -
Jerry Maren
Guild Leader -
Harry Monty
Winged Monkey/Munchk... -
Lee Murray
Winged Monkey -
'Little Billy' Rhode...
Barrister -
Gus Wayne
Munchkin -
Clarence Swensen
Munchkin -
Frank Packard
Munchkin (uncredited... -
Mickey Carroll
Munchkin -
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Meinhardt Raabe
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Karl Slover
Munchkin -
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All Critics (103) | Top Critics (24) | Fresh (102) | Rotten (1) | DVD (39)
In truth, any opportunity to see the film on the big screen is welcome.
Top CriticThe blend of old-fashioned, classic storytelling with cutting-edge technology is undeniably enthralling.
The result is quite stunning and a lot less gimmicky than it could have been.
Knowing that it was made without a single computer, and entirely by human ingenuity, makes it all the more worthy of marveling at, 75 years and an added dimension later.
Any reason to show your children "The Wizard of Oz" on a big screen seems like a good one.
Even swollen to IMAX size, the movie is sharper than you've ever seen it, and the vaudevillian brilliance of the choreography (and Ray Bolger's straw-boned tumbling) is entirely undiminished.
This family classic long ago left the realm of being mere entertainment to emerge as a cultural touchstone for generations of Americans.
The classic MGM musical from 1939 has been lovingly restored and up-converted to 3D.
The Wizard of Oz is the cinematic equivalent of high-end wine, in that it gets better with age. The difference is that while wine must remain unopened to increase in value, the film positively thrives on it being tasted and shared over and over and over.
The old-fashioned, old-school wizardry of MGM still looks impressive to me today...
Seven decades on, it's still wholly transporting, even without the benefit of the bells and whistles that are part of the CGI age.
MGM's fantastic IMAX 3D conversion for the The Wizard of Oz's 75th anniversary underlines rather than obscures most of the film's visual pleasures, reminding us (if we'd managed to forget) just how glorious L. Frank Baum's strange world is.
The greatest American movie fantasy.
Hey, Dorothy actually has freckles in IMAX. Glinda's floating sphere is mesmerizing. The flying monkeys are creepier than ever. The Lollipop Guild even more disturbing - are these guys having a seizure?
A timeless family classic finds potent new life in IMAX 3D.
The most magical movie ever is still magic in 3D IMAX.
It's a feature built for bigness, with its immersive qualities still potent after all these years. The IMAX 3D treatment is merely a fun exhibition detour.
The best thing about 3D glasses is that they keep your kids from seeing your tears of sentimental joy at this gorgeous restoration
Audience Reviews for The Wizard of Oz
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- Munchkin Coroner: As coroner I must aver, I thoroughly examined her. And she's not only merely dead. She's really most sincerely dead!
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- The Wizard of Oz: You billowing bale of bovine fodder!
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- The Cowardly Lion: What makes a King out of a slave? Courage!
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- The Wizard of Oz: Cantankerous.
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- The Wicked Witch of the West: I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!
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- Dorothy Gale: There's no place like home.
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Foreign Titles
- Der Zauberer von Oz (DE)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939) (UK)
