The angular animation and muted colour palette gives the film a look more redolent of classic European cartoons than their homelier American counterparts.
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03/19/08
The Prince of Egypt (1998)
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Reviews Counted:81
Fresh:64
Rotten:17
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: Prince of Egypt is moving, compelling, and visually stunning.
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Synopsis: An all-star cast--including Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Sandra Bulock--leads this full-length, animated musical version of the story of Moses. After being raised as the son of... [More]
Starring: Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock
Director: Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, Simon Wells
Reviews for The Prince of Egypt
Top CriticAs epic, emotionally satisfying spectacle, it's way up there with the very best in mainstream animation.
06/24/06
Top CriticWorthy but visually stunning version of the biblical tale.
01/01/00
Top CriticCertainly technically-minded cartoon connoisseurs will feel many shivers of admiration on seeing this.
03/03/02
An outstanding visual achievement!
01/01/00
Top CriticThe animation is breathtaking.
01/01/00
The animation in this retelling of the story of Moses is rich and vivid. You almost can taste the sand.
01/01/00
This animated Bible story raises the level of film artistry to new heights!
01/01/00
A solid and consistent movie.
01/01/00
A visually breathtaking film!
01/01/00
This is sensational cinema: crowds swarming among pyramids in eye-popping 3-D, camerawork that's distinctly Spielbergian in its fluidity.
03/19/08
This is a movie that takes us to places we've never seen before. Literally, it's the ultimate proof that animation can do anything it wants.
01/01/00
It's sophisticated, both intellectually and morally!
01/01/00
Top CriticAdroitly conceived and sumptuously illustrated!
01/01/00
An awe-inspiring, amazing achievement that not only is refreshingly more serious and realistic than the usual dull recent Disney movies, but enraptured me in its spell from the first powerful sequence to the last.
01/01/00
A well- acted, great-looking movie!
01/01/00
This is truly a landmark in animated entertainment.
01/01/00
It is a more than decent adaptation of the classic tale, one that, despite what I have said in the previous paragraph, never talks down to its audience.
05/22/03
Behold the power of computer animation!
01/01/00
Sometimes out-DeMilles DeMille’s 1956 live-action epic, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS!
01/01/00
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