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.
The Lion King (1994)
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Reviews Counted:61
Fresh:56
Rotten:5
Average Rating:8/10
Consensus: Emotionally stirring, richly drawn, and beautifully animated, The Lion King stands tall within Disney's pantheon of classic family films.
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Childrens
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... 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 ready to return. Songs by Elton John and featuring the voices of Whoopie Goldberg, Cheech Marin, James Earl Jones, Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane and Jeremy Irons. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including 3 for Best Original Song. Academy Awards: 2, including Best Original Score and Best Original Song (Elton John and Tim Rice: "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"). [More]
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones, Whoopi Goldberg
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones, Whoopi Goldberg, Robert Guillaume, Cheech Marin, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Ernie Sabella, Jim Cummings, Madge Sinclair, Moira Kelly, Nathan Lane
Director: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
Director: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
Composer: Hans Zimmer
Screenwriter: Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts
Studio: Buena Vista Internationa
Reviews for The Lion King
The sickly Elton John and Tim Rice songs ruin any attempts at hipness.
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.
The animation is extraordinarily beautiful, and more technically accomplished than any other film of the Disney Renaissance... [but] the drama and characters are terribly lacking.
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.
A computer-animated scene featuring a stampede of wildebeest is positively breathtaking.
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.
The result is a step toward multiculturalism and ecological correctness, though not without a certain amount of confusion.
Trabalhando com arquétipos e temas verdadeiramente mitológicos, O Rei Leão conseguiu se transformar em clássico menos de uma década depois de seu lançamento.
Makes up for its shortcomings in the musical department with a strong dose of mature drama.
This often dark tale about a lion cub holds real emotional resonance.
It’s an animated and kid-friendly variation on Hamlet, and it is wonderful.
How ‘special’ is this ‘special edition’? It features one extra musical number . . . apparently.
I can intellectualize the film's delights without feeling offended by my numbness to them
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