16% - 55 Reviews L Frank Baum's Oz series of novels are an epic fantasy tapestry, going far beyond what the black-and-white-into-technicolour of the classic thirties film with Judy Garland, the Munchkins and all (and further even that the dark, twisted world of 1985's Return To Oz). There's a lot of Oz books left to adapt. Rather than delve into the original Baum series, though, Legends Of Oz: Dorothy's Return is a loose adaptation of a book by his great-grandson, by a CGI animation studio you've never heard of. Usually, if it's not Pixar or Dreamworks, it's naff. And this film very much is. Choice review quote: Even by the standards of allowance-snatching half-term filler, this is pretty indifferent ... (The Guardian)
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