Trippy yet fascinating piece of animation history

Full Review | Oct 3, 2022

Even accounting for its messiness, Wizards possesses a genuine, idiosyncratic personality.

Full Review | Feb 27, 2022

What is at least galavanising and shocking in the context of Bakshi's earlier films seems more like an out-of-control tic here.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 19, 2020

There are moments of beauty, but it's a far cry from Fantasia.

Full Review | Oct 25, 2019

If Wizards is a failure, then it's a fascinating failure.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 6, 2019

Bakshi is direct in his imagery and his messaging: the drumbeat of war and the rush of new technology is killing us...Wizards is far more than a simple animated curiosity, but a surprisingly dark, dangerous, and compelling piece of fantasy.

Full Review | Jul 3, 2018

Bakshi's filmmaking is sloppy and slapdash at times, to be sure, but it is also uncompromising.

Full Review | Original Score: 55/100 | Jun 22, 2012

The story is kind of a mess, but Wizards goes beyond your standard sword and sorcery tale into some heavy surrealism.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 22, 2012

a unique film unlike anything else you'll see from this era

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 19, 2012

Story and characters leave much to be desired, but there's something wonderful about this refreshingly gritty, innovative animated feature.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Mar 19, 2012

Its status as a low-budget cult film seems secure. I just don't think it's as good a film as it might have been with more restrained storytelling or art design.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Mar 15, 2012

Wizards is meant to be vast, but its smallest moments tend to be the most memorable.

Full Review | Oct 14, 2011

If some elements do date the film, there nevertheless is an artisan's touch to Bakshi's images that warrant his inclusion in any discussion of cinema's great visionaries.

Full Review | Jan 31, 2011

while having so little money may, paradoxically, have liberated Bakshi from studio interference, this freedom allows him to indulge in ideas that are, metaphorically and otherwise, away with the fairies.

Full Review | May 24, 2010

An effective mix of animation, stock footage, and rear projection.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 14, 2007

Ralph Bakshi's animated sword-and-sorcery tale is a long way from his best work, marred by cut-rate techniques and a shapeless screenplay.

Full Review | Nov 14, 2007

Moderate fun here and there.

Full Review | Jan 26, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 10, 2005

Mr. Bakshi's allegory is fairly obvious from the outset, but he and his animators are convincingly professional. They have devised a melange of animation and live footage that gives their feature mystical, slightly scary and, occasionally, comic tones.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 9, 2005

Ahead of its day when released Bakshi animation

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 19, 2004