Highly enjoyable, great looking animated adventure that combines its touching storyline with plenty of wit and style.
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09/02/08
Tarzan (1999)
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Reviews Counted:101
Fresh:89
Rotten:12
Average Rating:7.5/10
Consensus: Disney's Tarzan takes the well-known story to a new level with spirited animation, a brisk pace, and some thrilling action set-pieces..
Runtime: 88 mins
Genre: Childrens
Synopsis: Tarzan is an adventure that traces the story of a human baby who is orphaned in the African jungle and lovingly raised by a family of apes. Tarzan's peaceful and sheltered world is turned upside... [More]
Starring: Tony Goldwyn, Minnie Driver, Glenn Close, Nigel Hawthorne
Director: Chris Buck, Kevin Lima
Reviews for Tarzan
Top CriticNo classic, but very enjoyable.
06/24/06
Top CriticA film for Uncle Walt to be proud of -- with a strong story- line and superior animation.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe most legitimately touching Disney feature of the 1990s.
12/04/09
The stylized physiques and movements of the characters in this exciting animated musical-romance-adventure are at once realist and fantastic.
11/13/09
Just as Disney animation has become increasingly impressive, so have Disney animated films become increasingly adult.
10/18/08
A splendid, eye-filling adventure that harkens back in many ways to the 1967 animated version of The Jungle Book.
08/07/08
There is not one frame of this film that I would change.
12/06/05
A technical marvel from Disney that shrewdly compresses and streamlines the Disney formula into a more efficient whole.
11/04/05
An exciting, accomplished work that ranks with the wonderful Johnny Weissmuller movies.
11/03/05
...one of Disney's most beautiful, most spectacular visual treats, even if the story line and characters are watered-down children's fare.
10/26/05
Simply a smashingly well-done example of animated storytelling.
07/21/05
A beautifully crafted, well-paced and well-voiced feature that will easily become yet another Disney classic.
04/09/05
The first half of Tarzan is Disney's best stuff since Beauty and the Beast ... [then it] declines into a typical showdown with a forgettable villain.
01/15/05
It's both a little scary and a lot funny, and kids will no doubt lap it up.
02/21/04
If only the film had taken a few more risks instead of hewing so closely to the patented Disney formula, it might have been a truly outstanding movie instead of merely an entertaining one.
07/15/03
How does Disney do it?
05/14/03
This film is beautiful, fun, touching, and exciting.
02/08/03
Tarzan is as full and seasoned a crop as one could expect from a field that has already been cultivated too many times.
01/10/03
An exhilarating adventure with an aching emotional tale at its heart.
10/15/02
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December 15, 2006:
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January 13, 2006:
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August 01, 2005:
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May 26, 2005:
"Tarzan" Director Gets "Enchanted"
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