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Release Date:

May 9, 2014

Synopsis:

From IMDb: “Dorothy wakes up in post-tornado Kansas, only to be whisked back to Oz to try to save her old friends the Scarecrow, the Lion, the Tin Man and Glinda from a devious new villain, the Jester. Wiser the owl, Marshal Mallow, China Princess and Tugg the tugboat join Dorothy on her latest magical journey through the colorful landscape of Oz to restore order and happiness to Emerald City.”

Poster: C- / B- / D+ (4)

Review: Things start off generic, get better and then get much worse. The first design is typical of your kid-targeted animated film. It has all the characters and all the symbols expected from a film set in the land of Oz. The second design is much more in line with The Wizard of Oz, a dark, haunting design that is far more interesting than everything else. The rest are character designs that only make the cheesy animation even more painfully obvious and cements the film as the least necessary of the year.

Trailer: F

Review: Crappy humor. Gaudy animation. This looks like a direct-to-video train wreck on par with the likes of Doogal and that film at least looked better. This one can’t even muster a competent joke.

Oscar Prospects:

None.

Revisions:

(May 4, 2014) Original

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