Movie Reviews5.1/10
DreamWorks’ El Dorado Adventure Wastes Its Best Idea on a Third-Act Collapse
DreamWorks' 2000 flop The Road to El Dorado bombed with $76M against a $95M budget, then became a cult classic. A review of what works and what doesn't.
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Tag: animated movies
Movie Reviews4.8/10
Brother Bear Review: A Great Logline, a Mediocre Screenplay
Brother Bear (2003) review: Disney's transformation fable has a great premise, a $250M gross, and a 4.8/10 screenplay that wastes it.
Movie Reviews7.1/10
DreamWorks built a caveman cartoon on a father’s fear of change, and it still holds up
DreamWorks' 2013 animated hit The Croods turns a cave family's journey into a sharp comedy about fear and fathers, earning $587.3 million and a franchise.
Movie Reviews7.5/10
Hades Steals Every Scene in Disney’s Hercules, but the Film Can’t Decide What to Do With Him
Disney's Hercules at 93 minutes: Danny DeVito's casting story, Susan Egan's blocked audition, James Woods as Hades, and why it's a 7.5.
Movie Reviews5.9/10
Animated Sing-Along Movie Gets by on a Jukebox and a Famous Cast
Sing review: Garth Jennings' animated hit has a clever typo plot, 60+ songs and a stacked cast, but the jukebox does the script's emotional work. 5.9/10.
Movie Reviews7.5/10
Disney’s Encanto Became a Hit After Theaters, Not In Them
Encanto's box office was soft, but Disney+ made it a phenomenon. A deep look at Mirabel, Bruno, Lin-Manuel Miranda's songs and the family that cracked.
Movie Reviews7.7/10
Robin Williams’s Genie Carries Aladdin, and the Movie Knows It
Aladdin (1992) review: Robin Williams' Genie, Alan Menken's songs, and a promise that outshines the wish-fulfillment. Score: 7.7 of 10.
Movie Reviews4.7/10
Ice Age Made $383 Million and Still Doesn’t Hold Up
Ice Age hit theaters March 15, 2002 and grossed $383 million — but Blue Sky's debut is a 81-minute script that never decides what it wants to be. Score: 4.7/10.
Movie Reviews8.6/10
Spirited Away Review: Miyazaki’s Bathhouse of Names and Work
Spirited Away review: Miyazaki drops a ten-year-old into a bathhouse for the gods, where Yubaba steals her name and work is the only way out.