TheRetroCritic

After Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland received mostly unimpressed reviews from critics and audiences alike, that the studio jumped right into yet another fantasy classic reboot/sequel/prequel/whatever is surprising and somewhat risky. Then again Alice In Wonderland made a badgillion dollars at the box office... So yeah, never mind. It makes perfect sense lol This time around, we get Sam Raimi taking on the works of L. Frank Baum, and when I say that I mean it very loosely because we don't get a sequel involving Dorothy and co or even an amalgamation of Baum's third and fourth Oz books (tackled brilliantly in the 80's by Return To Oz ). No, we're following the wizard himself! Not quite what you'd expect but an interesting take on the whole thing, let's see if it works. After all, the first film was called The Wizard Of Oz not "Dorothy's Big Adventure". Mostly... yes. It does work. Ok, I'll get the bad stuff out of the way

What can I say about a movie that opens with a Johnny Depp lookalike wearing a suit made of real diamonds, sees Tim & Eric work for a company called "Schlaaang" and has a scene where Eric Wareheim is in a bathtub getting shit on by a bunch of kids as Ray Wise cheers them on? Except... Great job! Yeah, basically your enjoyment of this one will depend completely upon whether you enjoy Tim & Eric's Awesome Show or hate it, this is basically the equivalent of merging one of the comedy duo's twisted shorts and piling on the Awesome Show lolgasms one after the other. If, in the trailer, you felt a brain-boner perk up when the "Shrim" bit popped up, then you're in safe hands. I know I was! Ok, to be fair, it takes a bit of time to really get going. Awesome Show regulars Jeff 'Chef' Goldblum and Zach Galifiniakis get their cameos done early and we're led into this absurd plot where Tim & Eric make a shitty billion dollar mov