This is more a favourite of the children than adult Disney fans. It has a few memorable songs and has spawned a very popular stage production.
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03/04/08
The Lion King (1994)
92 %
Reviews Counted: 62 Fresh: 57 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 8/10
Consensus:
Richly drawn and beautifully animated, The Lion King stands among Disney's pantheon of classic family films.
Runtime: 90 mins
Synopsis: Wild Africa is the setting for this animated tale of a young lion cub whose evil uncle usurps his father's crown and lets hyenas overrun the kingdom (borrowing elements of both Hamlet and Richard III). Dodging danger and befriending some oddball characters, the cub wanders until the day he's... [More]
Genre: Childrens
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones, Whoopi Goldberg, Robert Guillaume
Director: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
Composer: Hans Zimmer
Screenwriter: Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts
Composer: Hans Zimmer
Screenwriter: Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts
Reviews
Top Critic
The sickly Elton John and Tim Rice songs ruin any attempts at hipness.
03/04/08
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The animation is simple and bold, with fluency and muscular confidence, and Elton John and Tim Rice's songs drive the story onward with terrific fervour.
01/06/03
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This tale of a lion cub's coming of age in the African veldt offers a less memorable song score than did the previous hits, and a hasty, unsatisfying dramatic resolution.
03/04/08
Top Critic
A computer-animated scene featuring a stampede of wildebeest is positively breathtaking.
03/04/08
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.
03/04/08
The result is a step toward multiculturalism and ecological correctness, though not without a certain amount of confusion.
03/04/08
Trabalhando com arquétipos e temas verdadeiramente mitológicos, O Rei Leão conseguiu se transformar em clássico menos de uma década depois de seu lançamento.
08/06/04
Makes up for its shortcomings in the musical department with a strong dose of mature drama.
01/05/04
This often dark tale about a lion cub holds real emotional resonance.
11/04/03
It’s an animated and kid-friendly variation on Hamlet, and it is wonderful.
10/24/03
Top Critic
How ‘special’ is this ‘special edition’? It features one extra musical number . . . apparently.
10/09/03
I can intellectualize the film's delights without feeling offended by my numbness to them
10/06/03
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