Overall, Pocahontas is a triumph as a visual experience (though the music is unusually bland), but a disappointment as a film.
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09/02/08
Pocahontas (1995)
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Reviews Counted:48
Fresh:27
Rotten:21
Average Rating:6/10
Consensus: Pocahontas means well, and has moments of starling beauty, but it's largely a bland, uninspired effort, with uneven plotting and an unfortunate lack of fun.
Runtime: 84 mins
Genre: Childrens
Synopsis: This 33rd animated feature from Disney boasts the voice talents of Mel Gibson, Linda Hunt, and David Ogden Stiers. The romance between the spirited Indian beauty Pocahontas and the handsome British... [More]
Starring: Irene Bedard, Mel Gibson, Christian Bale, David Ogden Stiers
Director: Eric Goldberg, Mike Gabriel
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Reviews for Pocahontas
With an original score by Alan Menken and Gilbert and Sullivan-ish songs by Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz, the movie is the cartoon equivalent of a full-scale, high-quality Broadway musical.
01/01/00
With Pocahontas, the artists at Disney once again prove that when it comes to animation, no can hold a candle to them.
01/01/00
Disney's 33rd animated feature is so good that it deserves to follow in the beautiful footsteps of Beauty and the Beast and earn an Oscar nomination for Best Picture.
04/17/02
Centers upon a heroine whose soul and spirit are worth emulating.
08/27/02
Both resplendent and restrained.
01/01/00
Taking advantage of the studio's breathtakingly intricate animation, directors Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg have breathed vitality into this, the fifth 'new wave' Disney animated picture.
01/01/00
Top CriticAny damage such revisionist history may impose on young minds is offset by the honestly inspiring thoughts Pocahontas offers.
05/20/03
Top CriticA refreshing combination of old-fashioned animation and contemporary technology, Pocahontas is less about story and more about the artistic possibilities of color, detail and striking reality.
05/14/03
No review available.
08/15/02
The Disney artists have created a vivid palette for the picture.
05/26/08
Top CriticPocahontas is a touching tribute to the power of loyalty, courage, cooperation, and, more than anything else, sympathetic understanding.
04/29/05
Overall this seems like a reasonable stab at an impossible agenda.
09/02/08
Top CriticJust about everything in this lavish, animated feature is for the pigtail set.
09/02/08
As long as Republicans are in power, the line "You think the only people who are people are the people who look and think like you" will remain relevant.
05/26/05
A surprisingly understated and mature romantic drama that just happens to be animated.
01/11/04
A good one to explain tolerance and diversity to the young ones in your family.
05/11/05
Disney's 33rd animated feature, and its first with characters based on real people, is a stunning movie with clever twists, vivid characterizations, insightful songs and a surprising harvest of revisionist history.
06/18/02
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