Average Rating: 7/10
Reviews Counted: 127
Fresh: 108 | Rotten: 19
The Emperor's New Groove isn't the most ambitious animated film, but its brisk pace, fresh characters, and big laughs make for a great time for the whole family.
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Critic Reviews: 32
Fresh: 24 | Rotten: 8
The Emperor's New Groove isn't the most ambitious animated film, but its brisk pace, fresh characters, and big laughs make for a great time for the whole family.
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A ruler learns how the other half lives -- the animal half, that is -- in this animated comedy-adventure from the Walt Disney Studios. Kuzco (voice of David Spade) is the young emperor of an Inca nation who takes a self-centered joy in the troubles of others. Not surprisingly, Kuzco's attitudes have earned the enmity of many of his subjects, including Yzma (voice of Eartha Kitt), a sorceress who wants to seize power away from the emperor after he relieved her of her royal duties, declaring she
Dec 15, 2000 Wide
May 1, 2001
$87.3M
Buena Vista Pictures
All Critics (127) | Top Critics (32) | Fresh (115) | Rotten (19) | DVD (30)
Ingenious action sequences driven by surprisingly little plot lead to a climax full of the transmogrification animation was invented for.
Emperor doesn't aim too high or strain too hard; it is at ease inhabiting its pretty, miniature realm.
The unfussy, tossed-off quality actually helps give this original story zippy irreverence some of Disney's plusher cartoons lack.
Will the kids buy it? You bet they will.
Funky, funny and free of ersatz Broadway cheese.
An audience dominated by young children was disconcertingly quiet during a preview screening.
More fun, goofy cartoon antics than Disney polish.
[The] lightest and wackiest of all Disney features.
At times it was too fluffy, especially the ending.
Groove boasts some innovative tricks and sharp performances. Oh, and not too many songs. Phew.
The arc of the story may be predictable, but it's balanced out by some marvelously unpredictable flashes of visual comedy, all very much in the style of Chuck Jones in his prime.
This Disney comedy makes a self-conscious and largely successful attempt to modernise the studio's format with a jive-ass sensibility.
...a surprisingly entertaining and awfully funny piece of work.
At its heart, this is a buddy comedy that works on all levels.
It's a special New Groove DVD Edition that features groovy new extra
Brilliant all around.
The film ranks among the studio's fresher undertakings.
It is not vintage Disney, to be sure, but it beats most anything on the Cartoon Channel.
Yzma and Kronk kick the comedy *** of Timone and Pumba.
Deep down, I'd like to believe that this film will be remembered years from now as one of the better animated films to emerge from this decade.
Lickety-split banter between brilliantly conceived characters, chase scenes that leave you breathless with laughter and surprise ... this is a whole new ballgame for Disney.
It looks like director Mark Dindal has been watching a lot of Chuck Jones lately.
This was dumb. I hate Disney movies like this.
September 10, 2011Super Reviewer
Hilarious, Disney doesn't give a perfect animated film but its one of the funniest they have ever made, a really funny film.
August 15, 2011
Super Reviewer
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