Return to Oz (1985)

106 min · Fantasy

USPGUKU

43 MILD

ScoutScore

Worth a quick check before you press play.

Return to Oz scores 43 on the ScoutScore, which is Mild. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout maps 13 flagged scenes and 7 marked caution.

A ScoutScore is a living number. We re-check movies against the source and raise or lower it when we find something the first pass missed, so a score you see today can differ from one you saw last month.

What FilmScout flagged

Heads up	6
Caution	7

Content map

How the scenes we flagged in this movie divide up by kind. These are shares of what was flagged, not a level, and not a promise about anything we did not flag: a movie with very little flagged content can still be 80% one kind.

Flagged mostly for scary and dark.

Scary and dark	80%
Violence and action	12%
Themes	6%
Sexual content	none flagged
Substances	2%
Language	none flagged
All flagged content	100%

Direction is the kind of content flagged. Reach is the ScoutScore, which is how much there is: green at the centre, yellow, orange, then red at the dotted line, which is 100. The scale has no ceiling, so a shape can cross it.

Scenes FilmScout flagged

Heads up Smoking on screen
Caution Electroshock clinic and restraint
Caution Escape from the clinic in a storm
Caution Ruined Emerald City and Wheeler attack
Caution Princess Mombi and the hall of heads
Heads up Mombi wakes; escape on the flying Gump
Heads up Gump crashes over the Deadly Desert
Caution The Nome King reveals himself
Caution Friends turned into ornaments one by one
Caution Nome King grows giant and tries to eat the group

Where each one lands in the runtime, and alerts that arrive before it does, are in the app.

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Age ratings by country

GB	U
US	PG

Talk about it after

“Dorothy faces doctors who want to take away her memories of Oz, and she spends the whole story fighting to prove her world is real. What does it feel like when you believe something strongly and the people around you don't?”

This guide tells you before. The app tells you during.

Every scene above is timed. The FilmScout app listens to the movie and taps you 30 seconds before each one, so you can skip it, mute it, or talk it through. Free to start on iPhone.

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Common questions

Is Return to Oz okay for kids?

Return to Oz scores 43 on FilmScout's ScoutScore, which places it in the Mild tier. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout has mapped 13 flagged scenes in it, covering dark imagery, action, theme. The right answer depends on your child, which is why FilmScout shows you the scenes instead of giving a verdict.

What is the ScoutScore for Return to Oz?

43, which is the Mild tier. The ScoutScore is driven by the intensity of a movie's heaviest moments rather than how many it has.

What is Return to Oz rated?

Return to Oz is rated PG in the United States. Ratings differ by country: GB U, US PG. A letter rating stamps a whole movie at once, so FilmScout scores it scene by scene instead.

Is it OK for your kid? The age-by-age answer

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Each flagged moment with its place in the runtime, plus live alerts that follow along while you watch.

ScoutScores are FilmScout's own scene by scene analysis and change as the catalog is rescored. FilmScout is independent and is not affiliated with, licensed by, or endorsed by any studio or ratings board.

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