In this mostly Technicolor romp through thinly veiled metaphors, Judy Garland holds the audience - and herself - together through sheer force of will. A blend of innocence and ennui, of adventure and the homesickness that pulls you back, Depression-era audiences everywhere will wish they too could ride a tornado to Oz.
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The month of August is one where the summer seems to be dwindling away. At times the days and nights seem cooler with bouts of warmer days and nights. The summer picnics seems to be also fewer. The back-to-school sales begin along with various school orientations at different levels of schooling. Again, August is the end of summer vacation.
By Mark Graham3 days ago in Critique
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Always found the ending anticlimactic. Great critique. I want to live my life in Technicolour.
Very good mini critique.
Great mini critique. Well done!
A nice contrast of the writing versus the film—indeed indicative of the times. Well done, and congrats!
Great to see an up-to-date critique of one of my favorite works of American literature. Written in an earlier era of economic low, filmed in another. Well done and congratulations on your win.
I don't mind it. She should have stayed in Oz...and maybe follow the red brick road! ;)
I was not a lover of this film as a child, but it was my toddler daughter's fixation, and I found out it was outstanding.
This was fantastic! Excellent review!
Nice 💖🎉