The movie's proudest accomplishment is that it revises our version of Moses toward something more immediate and believable, more humanly knowable.
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03/19/08
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The Prince of Egypt (1998)
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Reviews Counted:24
Fresh:18
Rotten:6
Average Rating:6.7/10
Consensus: Prince of Egypt is moving, compelling, and visually stunning.
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Synopsis: An all-star cast--including Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Sandra Bulock--leads this full-length, animated musical version of the story of Moses. After being raised as the son of... [More]
Starring: Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock
Director: Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, Simon Wells
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Reviews for The Prince of Egypt
Top CriticThe blend of animation techniques somehow demonstrates mastery modestly, while the special effects are nothing short of magnificent.
03/19/08
Top CriticThe handsomely animated Prince of Egypt is an amalgam of Hollywood biblical epic, Broadway supermusical and nice Sunday school lesson.
07/21/05
Top CriticTakes itself too seriously.
07/12/02
Top CriticAn inspiring translation of biblical grandeur, turning the story of one of history's greatest heroes into an entertaining, visually dazzling cartoon.
06/18/02
Top CriticThe 400-member-strong Prince of Egypt team (led by directors Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner and Simon Wells and ramrodded by executive producer Jeffrey Katzenberg) have created a succession of visual wonders.
02/14/01
Top CriticThis animated Bible story raises the level of film artistry to new heights!
01/01/00
Top CriticThe Prince of Egypt is middlebrow kitsch, but kitsch straining for respectability and therefore without the energy that can make kitsch entertaining.
01/01/00
Top CriticA visually breathtaking film!
01/01/00
Top CriticIt's sophisticated, both intellectually and morally!
01/01/00
Top CriticSometimes out-DeMilles DeMille’s 1956 live-action epic, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS!
01/01/00
Top CriticRather than Jerry Falwell, I'd have had the production vetted by Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks.
01/01/00
Top CriticThis movie is worth a trip to the local multiplex by viewers of all ages, races, and religious persuasions.
01/01/00
Top CriticA well-made work with much to recommend it!
01/01/00
Top CriticI wish DreamWorks had been more truly daring instead of merely competitive and worked a little longer at evolving a drawing style that departed more radically from the Disney house style than this film does.
01/01/00
Top CriticSurprisingly moving and compelling!
01/01/00
Top CriticThe drawn and computer-animated imagery is top notch and seamlessly integrated, but the central characters' tawny complexions and the often chiaroscuro lighting sometimes obscure all but the whites of their eyes and their pearl-perfect teeth.
01/01/00
Top CriticFor a cartoon, the movie is overpowering!
01/01/00
Top CriticEgypt comes stunningly alive, but the prince remains fuzzy.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe film lacks creative exuberance, any side pockets of joy.
01/01/00
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