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It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

I remember Siskel and Ebert trashing this movie, saying how dark it was and all that. After seeing it for the first time I'm not really sure what to say about it.It's certainly not the same kind of Oz film with Garland, Bolger and gang, and there certainly aren't any musical numbers is in it. The characters look like those from the old classic Oz book covers, and that's about all can be said in terms of characters.Technically it was well shot. There's a kind of seasonal or Fall visual look to it, lots of overcast and diffused lighting, even at the end. The little girl that plays Dorothy certainly doesn't look like Garland, but seems to do a pretty good job with her role.I think the director wanted this film to appeal to both boy's and girls, and so he made a film that put Dorothy in a lot of dangerous situations with potentially scary adversaries. Did he succeed? I don't know, you'd have to ask anyone who was a pre-teen male at the time. All in all it's an interesting effort. I think there's a more uplifting film to be made. One without all the hints at electroshock therapy in the beginning, and perhaps something a little more grand in scope, and again, perhaps a little lighter in tone in terms of both visuals and story execution. If you have any concerns about your kids seeing it, watch it first while they're at school, and then decide for yourself. I think they'll be fine with it, but again I think it could have been a better film.Just me.

A Disney original film that takes the classic Wizard of Oz mythology and turns it on it's head in this dark fascinating none direct sequel. Aunt Em thinking Dorothy suffers from delusions takes her to a clinic for treatment only for the girl to find her way back to the magical land of Oz. Only now its not so merry since the Nome king wants to punish the citizens for taking a prized treasure away from him long ago.More faithful to the series we are introduced to new companions Tik-Tok, Jack pumpkin head and the terrifying Wheelers who do the bidding of their king. At first I was delusioned by the new direction took with a sequel, thinking it was a radical change from the happy go lucky 1930s classic until I read the books and knew even Baum would be proud of what they accomplished.The sets aren't colorful, but show how vastly different OZ looks once you leave the forest and cities with deserts, mountains along with ruins of ancient civilizations. The costumes were realistic, the music fit the scenes and The acting was top notch. Although I felt the ending was rushed once miss Gale saved her friends and not leaving enough room to say goodbye.Return to OZ is not a kid's movie and has scary imagery they may not be able to handle. 7/10

Return to Oz was the best Oz movie I've seen. As being an mixed adaptation of The Land of Oz and Ozma of Oz, it worked really well. The effects were great The characters were great The story was great It was really great a restoration of Oz. I really wondered what the deadly desert looked like, it was mysterious. I spotted A lot of characters in the coronation scene such as Polychrome, Tommy Kwikstep, Scraps, the braided man of pyramid mountain and Santa Clause. It wasn't too colorful but that made it unique. I would recommend it I would give about 9 1/2 to a 10 Really great unique definitely 10/10 just one of the best movies I've seen

The Wizard of Oz has been deemed to be the classic children's movie that gets played countless times for kids, and adults who appreciate the piece that is nearing it's 80th anniversary all too quickly. Fast forward to 1985. The decade of the 80s brought new technology for film, more specifically the early stages of CGI and anamotronics. Beyond that, the fantasy films of the 80s still lacked continuity with the many layers that often made the final cut look cheap, (despite that it was considered the best advances of the time). A piece like Return to Oz falls under the category of 'sci-fi and fantasy' and seemed to get lost in the shuffle of the many film pieces coming out at the time. I didn't pick up on this movie until Oz the Great And Powerful showed a documentary on The Wizard of Oz and it's involvement with Disney over the years. This is actually one of the few movies that actually got the layering effect right! I was very impressed with the clay-mation shots and the cutting away back and forth between the foreground and background parts of the stage. There aren't many notable actors who took the stage for the movie, however I did recognize western actor Matt Clark, who I remember from BTTF Part III as the bartender. Another notable piece of trivia concerning BTTF is that Christopher Lloyd and Mary Steenbergen almost got the roles of Mombie and the Knome king. This is an 80s gem, that for the kids who remember the movie can pass it down to their children as part of The Wizard of Oz folklore.