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Lion King
© Walt Disney Enterprises - all rights reserved
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10 /10
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7.71 /10
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| Starring |
| Voices: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones |
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Directed by: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff 
Written by: Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, Linda Woolverton. Songs by Elton John and Tim Rice.
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| Released: |
1994 |
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DRAMA
CARTOON
FAMILY
COMEDY
MUSICAL
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US |
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| Length: |
87 |
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PRO Reviews
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| "Set off by some of the richest imagery the studio's animators have produced and held together by a timeless coming-of-age tale... a dazzling - and unexpectedly daring - addition to the Disney canon." |
| (Variety) |
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| "Primal Disney returns with a growl... Not since Bambi has so much been at stake in a Disney tale. There are kingdoms to be sundered, deaths to be atoned for. The father of a prince is killed, and his conniving uncle seizes the throne; driven from the kingdom, the lad leads a carefree life until the father's ghost instructs him to seek honorable revenge. Put it another way: a boy leaves home, escapes responsibility with some genially irresponsible friends, then returns to face society's obligations. The Lion King is a mix of two masterpieces cribbed for cartoons and brought ferociously up to date. On the grasslands of Africa, Huck Finn meets Hamlet." |
| (Richard Corliss, Time) |
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| "This isn't the mindless romp with cute animals that the ads might lead you to expect. Although the movie may be frightening and depressing to the very young, I think it's positive that The Lion King deals with real issues. By processing life's realities in stories, children can prepare themselves for more difficult lessons later on. The saga of Simba, which in its deeply buried origins owes something to Greek tragedy and certainly to Hamlet , is a learning experience as well as an entertainment." |
| (Roger Ebert) |
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| "Stunning motion picture entertainment and easily one of the best pictures of the year. Buoyed by brilliant songs from the team of Elton John and Tim Rice and a stirring score by Hans Zimmer, The Lion King tells its somewhat ordinary coming-of-age tale in an extraordinary way... The film's finale... is perhaps The Lion King 's only disappointment - and a minor one at that. The film seems to end too suddenly, too easily. Compared to the GRAND finales of The Little Mermaid , Aladdin , and Beauty and the Beast , The Lion King 's climax is rather tame. But it doesn't really matter. By the time The Lion King comes to an end, no audience in the world will feel they haven't been entertained. " |
| (Hollywood Hotline) |
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| "The themes - death, loss, the eternal cycle of growing up - couldn't be more mature, yet something about animation is ideally suited to these deep-dish Jungian fables. While a live-action film can tell us that a son is following in his father's footsteps, the wondrous exactitude of drawn images makes the repetition startlingly romantic. The Lion King , like Bambi , is a rapturous piece of storybook mythmaking: Joseph Campbell for kids... The most poignant element in the story is that, even after he has become a physically mature lion, Simba remains a youth inside. He has to will himself to face his enemies, to replace his father in the circle of life. When he does, The Lion King , more than any of the recent wave of Disney animated features, has the resonance to stand not just as a terrific cartoon but as an emotionally pungent movie." |
| (Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly) |
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