FilmScout

Return to Oz (1985)

106 min · Fantasy · Rated PG (USA)

Return to Oz scores 43 on the ScoutScore, which is Mild. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout maps 12 flagged scenes and 7 worth muting.

What FilmScout flagged

Heads up	5
Mute	7

Kinds of content

Dark Imagery, Action, Theme

Scenes FilmScout flagged

• Mute Electroshock clinic and restraint
• Mute Escape from the clinic in a storm
• Mute Ruined Emerald City and Wheeler attack
• Mute Princess Mombi and the hall of heads
• HEADS UP Mombi wakes; escape on the flying Gump
• HEADS UP Gump crashes over the Deadly Desert
• Mute The Nome King reveals himself
• Mute Friends turned into ornaments one by one
• Mute Nome King grows giant and tries to eat the group
• HEADS UP Billina's egg kills the Nome King

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

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?”

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 12 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.

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