Luft, who once played the Wicked Witch of the West herself onstage, calls the Ariana Grande/Cynthia Erivo movie "epic, brilliant, touching and honest"

Luft, 71, is the daughter of the original Wizard of Oz star Judy Garland and American businessman, Sidney Luft. On Instagram, she was full of praise for the new film, having seen it in an early screening. In a lengthy post, Luft gushed about the movie, calling it “astounding, epic, touching and honest.”

Judy Garland’s daughter Lorna Luft has joined the chorus of moviegoers raving about “Wicked” ahead of the musical’s theatrical release. Luft’s mother, of course, is an icon of cinema having played Dorothy Gale in 1939’s “The Wizard of Oz.