My daughter (16) has to review a family-friendly movie occasionally for the local newspaper. An Oz-loving friend, my daughter, and I went to see this on May 10. My first issue concerns the kind of cars driven. Then, Auntie Em as a 40 year old in jeans. Then, we meet the Appraiser. Seriously? On a Kansas farm in the 1930's? The Scarecrow, now a genius despite the fact that the Wizard never gave him anything he didn't already have, has a machine that terrifyingly sucks Dorothy into a rainbow and deposits her in OZ. I thought...this is going to be the WORST movie ever. However, as it continued, it did improve.
Martin Short did a very good job. There was a bit too little of the Scarecrow, Lion, Tinman, and Glenda...because they are amazing actors. The music was quite good. Patrick Stewart was adorable as Tug/Tank. Unlike many awful "family films" like FreeBirds in recent past, it actually is clean humor, and OK for kids. There is a death sentence handed down and subsequently commuted.
The princess/marshmallow love story is a bit out of place, but sweet.
Overall, not BAD.
Martin Short did a very good job. There was a bit too little of the Scarecrow, Lion, Tinman, and Glenda...because they are amazing actors. The music was quite good. Patrick Stewart was adorable as Tug/Tank. Unlike many awful "family films" like FreeBirds in recent past, it actually is clean humor, and OK for kids. There is a death sentence handed down and subsequently commuted.
The princess/marshmallow love story is a bit out of place, but sweet.
Overall, not BAD.
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