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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

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Reviews Counted: 49

Fresh: 36

Rotten:13

Average Rating: 7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Childrens

Synopsis: The characters in Victor Hugo's 1831 novel about lonely bell-ringer Quasimodo and his adventures with the beautiful Esmerelda come vividly and musically to life--even the stone gargoyles! This... The characters in Victor Hugo's 1831 novel about lonely bell-ringer Quasimodo and his adventures with the beautiful Esmerelda come vividly and musically to life--even the stone gargoyles! This updated '90s version features Quasimodo as an awkward youth, a departure from the Hugo text. Featuring the voices of Tom Hulce, Jason Alexander, Demi Moore, Kevin Kline and David Ogden Stiers. Academy Award Nominations: Best Original Musical or Comedy Score. [More]

Starring: Demi Moore, Tom Hulce, Jason Alexander, Kevin Kline

Starring: Demi Moore, Tom Hulce, Jason Alexander, Kevin Kline, David Ogden Stiers, Charles Kimbrough

Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise

Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise

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Jan 1, 1996

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  • Inspired by Victor Hugo's classic novel, Disney brings the heroic adventures of Quasimodo, the gentle and lonely bell ringer of Notre Dame, to spectacular life. This critically acclaimed Disney masterpiece is an "uplifting, thrilling story with a heart-touching message that emerges from the comedy and song" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times). At the urging of his hilarious gargoyle pals Victor, Hugo, and Laverne, Quaismodo leaves the solitary safety of his tower, venturing out to find his first true friend, the gypsy beauty Esmerelda. The most unlikely of heroes, Quasi fights to save the people and the city he loves and, in turn, helps us to see people for who they are, rather than how they appear. The star-studded voice cast includes Jason Alexander, Tom Hulce, Kevin Kline, and Demi Moore in a magnificent Disney musical from renowned composer Alan Menken.
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    Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
    10/18/08
    Susan Stark
    Detroit News
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    A solid, enjoyable, beautifully animated Disney movie, but one not quite out of the top drawer.

    Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
    09/02/08
    Empire Magazine

    An improvement on 1995's Pocahontas, but not as good as the classics.

    Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
    09/02/08
    Channel 4 Film

    The result is a grand cartoon cathedral, teeming with gargoyles and treachery, hopeless love and tortured lust.

    Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | comment Comment
    09/02/08
    Richard Corliss
    TIME Magazine
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    Considering that Disney couldn't help but trash Victor Hugo's novel in the process of reforming it for tender young sensibilities, this animated adaptation of his Notre Dame de Paris is pricklier and more disturbing than we had any right to expect.

    Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
    09/02/08
    TV Guide's Movie Guide

    Surely one of Disney's ugliest and least imaginative efforts.

    Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
    09/02/08
    Jonathan Rosenbaum
    Chicago Reader
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    Disney has created a movie that, like Quasimodo himself, is half formed.

    Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
    09/02/08
    John F. Kelly
    Washington Post
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    There is much to admire in Hunchback, not least the risk of doing such a downer of a story at all.

    Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
    07/22/08
    Jeremy Gerard
    Variety
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    Disney has rediscovered the dark magic of the psyche.

    Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
    09/24/07
    Rob Gonsalves
    eFilmCritic.com

    Though Alan Menken's music misses the big tune that would cap Stephen Schwartz's nimble lyrics, it's the thematic sophistication that brings the movie to life, making older children and adults its best audience.

    Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
    06/24/06
    Trevor Johnston
    Time Out

    A inevitável infantilização do clássico de Victor Hugo não compromete o núcleo dramático da história %u2013 e as belíssimas canções e o visual espetacular mais do que compensam as falhas pontuais da adaptação.

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    02/05/06
    Pablo Villaca
    Cinema em Cena

    No review available.

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    07/01/05
    Emanuel Levy
    EmanuelLevy.Com

    [A] must see summer movie.

    Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
    04/09/05
    Robin Clifford
    Reeling Reviews

    Pretty to look at; dramatically inert.

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    04/02/05
    Scott Weinberg
    eFilmCritic.com

    No review available.

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    11/19/04
    Robin Clifford
    Reeling Reviews

    Beautifully produced Disney, although not in a league with the best

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    10/07/04
    James Sanford
    Kalamazoo Gazette

    If you want to know what really happened to Quasimodo, Esmeralda, Frollo and Phoebus, try the library.

    Full Review Source: Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) | comment Comment
    06/25/04
    Judith Egerton
    Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

    No review available.

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    03/12/04
    Carol Cling
    Las Vegas Review-Journal

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    02/08/04
    Daniel M. Kimmel
    Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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    11/15/03
    Rich Cline
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