After the Wizard (2011)

I've never been a fan of the original Wizard Of Oz & I think I've only liked 1 or 2 of the remakes.I really didn't know what to expect of this version but I was surprised that I truly liked it.It was something different.I enjoyed watching the journey the Scarecrow & Tinman took on their way to find Dorothy & the people they met along the way.I especially liked the Scarecrow & Tin Man's costumes.I thought they looked pretty cool.My only problem with the movie was that the girl thought she was Dorothy & wanted everybody to call her that but her actual name was Elizabeth.It just made it seem like she had.... problems.Why couldn't her name just be Dorothy? I can imagine not everybody will like this movie but I think for a low budget movie, they did a GREAT job

Billed as the 'much awaited sequel'. Should be billed as 'mumbling mannequins walk about a bit and talk about winkies'. OK I'll try and be positive. The DVD has a great sleeve, which is presumably where the budget went. Now for the negatives. No Wizard. Oz is a blink and you'll miss it quarry scene. Barely a Lion (did the costume budget not extend to a second day's rental?). Not really Dorothy. Not really Toto. No Munchkins. No witches. No yellow brick road. No songs. As stories go there is...nothing. My six-year old daughter could have come up with a better premise for a film. Nothing is resolved by the end of the movie, not that there is really any sort of mission or problem to resolve.The script is laughably mawkish and pretentious. My daughter found it really funny the way everybody talks about winkies and nobody even cracks a grin (For non-brits, winky = phallus). Which in my mind pretty much hits the nail on the head as far a microcosms go, in that how seriously can a movie - a kids' movie at that - as bad as this take itself? The answer is very. Unfortunately for the rest of us who shelled out 3 quid on a DVD the joke is on us.

Pretty much nothing happens in the entire film! Oz is shown briefly and then it's just an old quarry, there are absolutely no sets or special effects. The Tin Man, Scarecrow & Lions costumes are awful.Dorothy isn't Dorothty (I think, but it's not clear). Toto isn't Toto. My 5 year old was left bored and slightly perplexed. Luckily the DVD was only £3 and that's over priced. Running out of things to say about it to make up the minimum 10 lines on here it is that bad.If you buy this film your kids will unfortunately be disappointed.Expect to see it in poundland soon! It really is a terrible terrible film.

For a family flick, this is a really poorly executed film. The idea is excellent and for the first few minutes, the prospect of a great film gets you. However, this excitement quickly turns into disbelief when you are faced with 10-15 minutes scenes with one dimensional dialogues between two characters. Even my 10 year old daughter, fan of Shakespeare plays (heavy stuff) was bored after a while. We watched all hoping to see a turn of events that made our 80 minutes worth waiting... Nothing was found. The only positive thing was the acting. A great load of the film falls on them and they (in general) deliver. It is not their fault that the director choose substance over entertainment.