After The Wizard 2011

     This film is based on the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the characters created by L. Frank Baum.  A twelve-year old girl is an orphan in Kingman, Kansas.  She lives in a fantasy world and she believes she is from the Oz books.  She keeps telling everyone that her name is not Elizabeth but it’s Dorothy Gale and she’s been to see the Wizard of Oz.  She wants everyone to call her Doro but they refuse.  Every day she hopes she will see her dog Toto and her friends who made the journey with her to Oz.  She doesn’t know that the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman are searching for her right now.  The Cowardly Lion felt he needed to stay behind in Oz.  They believe Dorothy is the only one who can save Oz from a threat sweeping the land.

    This a very nice movie for families with kids despite the discouraging and low reviews.  Actually, Elizabeth has created this dream world in order to cope with her real world.  A little patience please, this isn’t and shouldn’t be considered to be as complicated as  rocket science?  3 ½* (I liked this movie) 

80 min, Family & Kids directed by Hugh Gross with Jordan Van Vranken, Orien Richman, Jermel Nakia, Helen Richman, Loren Lester, Sue Glosa.

Note:  Imdb 2.8 out of 10, 32% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 3.3* out of 5* with 20 reviews, Common Sense Media age 8+, 2* out of 5*, educational 1*, Positive messages 3*, role models 3*, violence 1*, consumerism 1*. 

Special Note:  Filmed in Kingman, Pretty Prairie and Topeka, Kansas; Granite City, Illinois; Missouri, New Jersey, New York and California. Nearly everyone is talking about violence in films and video games because of the continuing violence in our society.  Is there support for a movie without any of this?  Minimal support judging by the above reviews!