Title: Simply awful
Product review: So many reviewers have written how this sequel is closer to the spirit of the Oz books than the original movie. I vehemently disagree. Baum's Oz sequels are fun, simple, whimsical, and often silly. Does Dorothy smile even once in "Return"? I think one forced smile at the end.F. Balk is very good as Dorothy otherwise (considering that she had to fill in for Judy Garland's legendary performance). But this is a compeletely joyless movie.It is beyond my comprehension that it took 45 years to make a sequel, and this is what they came up with. Atrocious. MGM's "The Wizard of Oz" is near perfect, and this movie nears a complete disaster.In Fact, the only thing that is worthy of the land of Oz in entertainment form since "The Wizard of Oz" is the new Broadway musical "Wicked." Finally something that makes Oz sense.
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