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The Road to El Dorado (2000)
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Reviews Counted:102
Fresh:50
Rotten:52
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: Pridictable story and thin characters made the movie flat.
Runtime: 89 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Two eccentric con artists, Tulio and Miguel, are shooting craps in the sun-squelched streets of 16th-century Spain when they win a sacred map charting the way to El Dorado, the lost City of Gold,... Two eccentric con artists, Tulio and Miguel, are shooting craps in the sun-squelched streets of 16th-century Spain when they win a sacred map charting the way to El Dorado, the lost City of Gold, and see it as their ticket both to adventure and an enormous fortune. With the map in hand, they stow away on the ship of evil Spanish leader Cortez, bound for Cuba. By chance, the two men are thrown off course and find themselves in a lush and vibrant rainforest replete with exotic animals, hidden waterfalls, and traces of an Indian civilization. Stumbling upon the gate to El Dorado, Tulio and Miguel are thought to be gods by a group of Mayan natives, and they are led into the heart of the city for a special welcoming ceremony. There they meet the adorable Chel, a con artist herself, who practically bests them at their own tricks. In the end, the two friends must choose whether they will stay and enjoy life in the magical city of El Dorado or make off with the gold and return to Western culture as rich men. [More]
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Kline, Rosie Perez, Armand Assante
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Kline, Rosie Perez, Armand Assante, Edward James Olmos
Director: Will Finn, Don Paul, Bibo Bergeron
Director: Will Finn, Don Paul, Bibo Bergeron
Screenwriter: Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio
Producer: Brooke Breton, Bonne Radford
Composer: John Powell, Hans Zimmer
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Reviews for The Road to El Dorado
The animation is uninspiring and brings nothing new to the table of animation magic.
How Hollywood's animated filmmakers can continue to crank out pictures built on the same template year after year and have them continue to be even occasionally entertaining is something I'll never completely understand.
[Kline's and Branagh's] shared timing is so good it whets the appetite for further adventures.
The film's vivid wonder and wholesome story are sure to leave an impression.
It's not a dazzling visual spectacle, and it's not going to move anyone to tears. It is, however, the kind of sturdy, generally smart film craftsmanship that shows up far more often when a world is drawn than when it's photographed.
For a movie about 'discovering' the New World, The Road to El Dorado covers a lot of familiar territory.
Little more than a sanitized blend of nonsense and adventure and just a teeny bit of romance, interspersed with the occasional pop song.
It's not cute enough for kids, not clever enough for adults. It's gorgeous but curiously dull.
Did the filmmakers really know where they were going when they started on this Road?
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