A glorious return to the days at Disney when animation was full and detail was everything.
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11/04/09
The Black Cauldron (1985)
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Reviews Counted:25
Fresh:15
Rotten:10
Average Rating:6/10
Consensus: Ambitious but flawed, The Black Cauldron is technically brilliant as usual, but lacks the compelling characters of other Disney animated classics.
Runtime: 80 mins
Genre: Childrens
Synopsis: Young would-be warrior Taran searches for the titular magic vessel, lest it fall into the dastardly hands of the evil Horned King and allow him to summon an army of the undead. Fortunately,... [More]
Starring: Grant Bardsley, John Byner, Susan Sheridan, Freddie Jones
Director: Ted Berman, Richard Rich
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Reviews for The Black Cauldron
No review available.
09/02/04
No review available.
03/12/04
John Hurt's gravelly voice of the Horned King steals the show.
02/10/04
It's quite good, though by the impossible standards the film sets for itself it inevitably falls short.
09/05/08
Top Critic...it serves a purpose in reminding us that even today's animation can't compare to the brilliance that hand-drawn animation offers its audience.
01/01/00
The backgrounds are as richly textured and detailed as in any other Disney film.
01/01/00
Top CriticA flawed, but ambitious film that was obviously aiming to draw as many adults into the theater as children.
02/27/01
No review available.
11/02/04
No review available.
11/12/02
By the end of The Black Cauldron I was remembering, with something of a shock of nostalgia, the strength and utter storytelling conviction of the early Disney animators. The Black Cauldron is a return to the tradition.
01/01/00
Top CriticA mite disappointing, but certainly watchable enough.
07/25/02
THE BLACK CAULDRON hitches up its pants, says good-bye to Mom at the door, but then decides to go no further than the front yard
08/15/01
Middle road Disney animation, unmemorable.
01/02/05
It may have cost five times the amount of any other Disney film in the preceding two decades, but by God that money ended up on screen.
11/22/09
As usual it is technically excellent, but the charm, characterisation and sheer good humour that made features like Pinocchio and Jungle Book so enjoyable are sadly absent.
02/09/06
Possibly not the worst animated feature the House Of Mouse has produced, but certainly stumbling around the darker recesses of the Disney vault.
11/04/09
[The Black Cauldron is] too dark and scary for younger children, and it's too silly and childish for older viewers to embrace.
09/26/02
No review available.
08/11/05
Easily digestible (and forgettable).
01/01/00
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