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Return to Oz
Directed by
Walter Murch
PG
1985
1h 49m
Adventure
,
Fantasy
,
and more
6.8
60%
71%
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Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, is somehow called back to Oz when a vain witch and the Nome King destroy everything that makes the magical land beautiful.
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Cast of Return to Oz
Fairuza Balk
Dorothy
Nicol Williamson
Dr. Worley / Nome King
Jean Marsh
Nurse Wilson / Mombi
Piper Laurie
Aunt Em
Matt Clark
Uncle Henry
Michael Sundin
Tik Tok
Tim Rose
Tik Tok
Sean Barrett
Tik Tok (voice)
Mak Wilson
Billina
Denise Bryer
Billina (voice)
Brian Henson
Jack Pumpkinhead (voice)
Stewart Harvey-Wilson
Jack Pumpkinhead
Lyle Conway
Gump (voice)
Stephen Norrington
Gump
Justin Case
Scarecrow
John Alexander
Cowardly Lion / Wheeler
Deep Roy
Tin Man
Emma Ridley
Ozma
Sophie Ward
Mombi II
Fiona Victory
Mombi III
Pons Maar
Lead Wheeler / Nome Messenger
Rachel Ashton
Wheeler
Robbie Barnett
Wheeler
Ailsa Berk
Wheeler
Peter Elliott
Wheeler
Roger Ennals
Wheeler
Michele Hine
Wheeler
Mark Hopkins
Wheeler
Colin Skeaping
Wheeler
Ken Stevens
Wheeler
Philip Tan
Wheeler
Rob Thirtle
Wheeler
Bruce Boa
Policeman
Tansy
Toto
Jon Jacobs
Cage Carrier (uncredited)
Kevin Hudson
Munchkin (uncredited)
Cherie Hawkins
Polychrome (uncredited)
Guy Standeven
Santa Claus (uncredited)
Andy Bradford
Wheeler (uncredited)
Gareth Milne
Wheeler (uncredited)
Stuart Fell
Wheeler (uncredited)
Tip Tipping
Wheeler (uncredited)
Walter Murch
Director / Writer
Henry Selick
Writer
Harley Jessup
Writer
Gill Dennis
Writer
Denis Rich
Writer
Paul Maslansky
Producer
Return to Oz Ratings & Reviews
Matilda Skelly Steward
March 2, 2025
Very scary for young children and not like the original 😕 😢
Village Voice
Andrew Sarris
Walter Murch's Return to Oz can stand on its own as a creative children's entertainment, much closer, in fact, to the spirit of the Baum books than the wildly overrated Wizard.
Newsweek
Jack Kroll
Murch's approach has its own somber integrity, which can sink into the pedestrian and rise into the magical.
New York Post
Rex Reed
It respects the intelligence of its audience while providing fresh thrills to keep even the most fidgety moppet awake and glued to the screen.
Arizona Republic
Marsha McCreadie
This cruel, cold world, where natural phenomena are mechanized has none of the wonderful terror of the first Oz or the warm lovingness of the characters to whom the first Dorothy became attached.
Associated Press
AP Staff
This dour, ugly script bear little resemblance to the two Baum books on which it is primarily based.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Cater
"Return to Oz" is a breathtaking high-tech fairy tale with a host of wondrous characters all its own.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Scott Cain
"Return to Oz" is a lavish and worthy nonmusical sequel.
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
It has its moments - most visual - but when it isn't a grim downer, it's largely inert.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Michael H. Price
For a movie whose makers were painted into a corner by the end of the '39 Oz, Return to Oz finds it own way back home in fine style.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Jeff Strickler
Balk is fully convincing as Dorothy.
New York Daily News
Kathleen Carroll
"Return to Oz" is so lacking in wit and warmth it should leave the audience feeling as emotionally detached as the stone residents of the Emerald City.
Newsday
Joseph Gelmis
"Return to Oz" is an above-average kid's movie. It's a good story, well told and performed.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Rick Lyman
It's an impressive achievement.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The story of "Return to Oz" is so mean-spirited and dreary that it overwhelms everything else.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Harper Barnes
This is a perfectly acceptable, moderately entertaining movie for kids.
USA Today
Mike Clark
Will Vinton's Claymation effects manage to look both primitive and cool.
Crooked Marquee
Roxana Hadadi
Taken altogether, the experience of watching Return to Oz, with its myriad nightmarish offerings, almost feels like thumbing one's nose at the prudish Disney of today.
Los Angeles Times
Sheila Benson
The film lacks the core that pulled the original together, the powerful tug toward home.
Orlando Sentinel
Jay Boyar
The basic problem with Return to Oz is its unrelieved oppressiveness, an atmosphere resulting mainly from our sense of Dorothy's constant plight.
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