Like "The Wizard of Oz," this movie opens in the familiar black-and-white landscape of early 1900s Kansas. You get to see the familiar place, but the audience gets a completely new route through that place.” But when I read the script, I saw that they were going to be respectful in the right ways. As James Franco, who plays the wizard, said about the re-imagining, "I just wanted to be sure that, if they were going to touch this material, they had a good approach. REVIEW: When you're making a prequel to "The Wizard of Oz," that's a pretty big deal. I also have a problem with the fact that a woman transforms into an evil witch because of how Oz treats her.
Will Parents Like It? It's a fun prequel to the story we all know and love, although James Franco is a bit lackluster. Which Kids Will Like It? Kids 10 and older who like fantasy movies or "The Wizard of Oz." Profanity: "Damn" and "shut up" are used a few times.ĭrugs/Alcohol: A clown drinks from a flask during Oz's magic show in Kansas. In one scene it appears that a main character has died. The Dark Forest is rife with creepy eyes and a scary graveyard. When Theodora gets angry, she hurls fireballs. Oz navigates intense river rapids, gets hurled down a steep waterfall, is pursued by a hungry lion, and attacked by carnivorous plants. The Wicked Witch of the West is scary (though not as scary as the original Wicked Witch in "The Wizard of Oz"). China Town is destroyed, along with most of its residents, and an orphaned, weeping China Girl is left with broken legs. Glinda is tortured and chained up at one point. A twister scene is intense with sharp objects flying toward Oz through storm clouds. A circus strong man chases Oz and tries to beat him up. Violence/Gore: Flying, screeching baboons with big talons are scary. Theodora dresses provocatively in a corset-like top, tight leather pants and a jacket. Sex/Nudity: Oz kisses four different women over the course of the movie there are a few references to his various conquests. SYNOPSIS: James Franco plays a small-time magician who's swept away from dusty Kansas to an enchanted land where he's forced to decide whether he'll be a good man or a great one. Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Family, PrequelĬast: James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, Zach Braff, Joey King MPAA Rating: PG for sequences of action and scary images, and brief mild language
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