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Return to Oz

Name: Return to Oz
Director: Walter Murch
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Released: 1985-06-21
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Piper Laurie, Matt Clark

1985 · 1h 49m · Adventure, Family, Fantasy

IMDb 6.8 Metacritic 42 RT 59%

Return to Oz is a genuinely unsettling dark fantasy that divides critics for good reason—it's weird, atmospheric, and way darker than the original, which some find brilliant and others find tedious. Skip it if you want cozy family viewing, but YES if you're in the mood for something genuinely eerie and different.

Plot

Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends, and dangerous new enemies.

Director: Walter Murch

Cast: Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Piper Laurie, Matt Clark

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