Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return

There's trouble in OZ...

Unlike this week's other big release, this film seems more popular with the crowds than the critics. Following on (a mere few decades later) from when Dorothy had just returned home from her first incredible journey to Oz, she's already being called back for another adventure. After waking to post-tornado Kansas, Dorothy and Toto are whisked to Oz on a magical rainbow mover sent by their old friends the Scarecrow, the Lion and the Tin Man. Time in Oz has passed much faster than back in Kansas, and Dorothy discovers that the Jester, the devious brother of the Wicked Witch of the West, is taking Oz over one region at a time, holding their leaders captive and casting a pall of darkness over the beloved land. Naturally Dorothy and friends are required to solve the problem. This film is releasing in 2D and 3D, this is the 2D version.

90 minutes.
Parental Guidance.
Animated, Family, Musical.

Are you my mother?

Credits

Cast	Voices of Dan Aykroyd, James Belushi, Kelsey Grammer, Lea Michele, Tacey Adams, Michael Krawic, Martin Short
Director	Will Finn, Dan St. Pierre
Screenplay	Adam Balsam, Randi Barnes, from the novel by Roger S. Baum
Music	Toby Chu
Editing	Dan Molina, Stan Webb
Sound formats	Dolby
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2013
Produced by	Summertime Entertainment, Prana Animation Studios, Prana Studios

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Animated
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Low impact
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

PG: Parental Guidance Suggested	Rated PG for some scary images and mild peril
Runtime	92
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 6 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith Dorothy's return to land of Oz lacks magical spark	1
Cape Times Michael Rechtshaffen Wizard sequel fails to achieve any Oz-mosis	5
Metacritic.com 21 critics	5
Rottentomatoes critics 52 critics	7
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Faced with the choice between staying in or seeing Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return, most filmgoers will be forced to conclude that there's no place like home.	3
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	8
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation	10
What the People say
Internet 3062 Netizens My 7 Year Old Daughter Loved It, So It's Good In My Book	14
Average .. 33%	7