Rainbow

I don't understand why this was touted as a reimagined Wizard of Oz? While it tries really hard to make connections to the original story - there is absolutely NOTHING in this that makes it worth sitting through the almost two hour long movie. Additionally, by making that connection - expectations are raised on which this movie fails to deliver.

The story feels cobbled together haphazardly. The director seems to have been confused because the end product feels like he didn't know if he was making a movie or a tele-novella.

The writing is sub-par and the production feels low budget.

This is very disappointing because I read a few articles about the making of this movie, all of which had me hoping for something wonderful, exotic, with a fresh spin on a classic tale. Sadly, it is a tremendous letdown.

In this modern day Spanish retelling of 'The Wizard of Oz' Dora is a teenage girl who lives with her father. One day she decides to find her mother. She sets off with her dog, Toto, and soon finds her grandmother and great aunt. The meeting doesn't go well and she ends up on the run, accused of murder! She is still determined to find her mother; along the way she meets a man chained up in a junkyard, a suicidal older gentleman and a gay man; clearly standing in for the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion respectively. As they travel they face various dangers and Dora learns more about her family.

I thought this film was a lot of fun. While it plays with the themes and characters of 'The Wizard of Oz' it never really feels as though it is trying to be a remake and most of the more fantastical elements are removed. Dora Postigo is a delight as Dora; our fire-engine red haired Dorothy. The rest of the cast are sold too; I especially liked Carmen Maura as Coco Cabrera; Dora's wealthy great aunt who is clearly modelled on the Wicked Witch of the West. The film looks great with vibrant colours and a somewhat trippy feel. It also uses music really well without being a musical. At times it may have got a little messy and could probably have done with being a little shorter but I'm still really glad I chose to watch it. I'd certainly recommend giving it a go.

These comments are based on watching the film in Spanish with English subtitles.

This is definitely worth watching!

I have watched it twice in a row. It is a pure art!

I love all the elements, colors, sounds, music, symbols of the movie. People just have to be enough intelligent to understand it and not to be superficial when it comes to watching this movie

When you read articles how the Wizard from Oz - the movie from 1939. Is filmed, and what happened behind the scenes, some of the scenes of this movie are more clear and understandable.

The movie includes people with troubles in life, people who are often on the margine of society, and it helps them find purpose and a community.

Please watch it, and pay attention to symbols.

I had such high expectations of this movie. The trailer was delicious, the first scene was done brilliantly, and the first 25 minutes really promised and interesting story. Unfortunately, the stimulating introductory montage was never again to be seen, the story fell apart and we were left with a blob that once maybe knew where it was going but it forgot - probably due to substance abuse. Hence, it dissolved into nothing in particular and definitely nothing peculiar. The movie was absolutely anticlimactic in all possible senses: it just failed to deliver and conclude. I would suggest an unfortunate skip.

Film to be honest very particular, with a plot that does not make the slightest sense but nevertheless very entertaining. Many scenes in the film don't make any real sense and some things even seem to be randomly placed there without any commitment. The whole film is comparable to a boat carried by the current as neither the protagonist nor the secondary characters seem to make their own and sensible decisions, they all seem to be dragged by the plot in an almost unconscious way. Another terrible flaw lies in the useless exploitation of the protagonist's magical powers that are thrown away without any sense and float without meaning in the general chaos of the film.