This confusing mish-mash of a movie is a real chore to sit through. The characters are dull, the plot is pointless, the animation is sub-par, and the music feels like it was slashed to ribbons.
You thought Tarzan was dull? You ain't seen nothing yet.
The basic story involves a selfish amoral emperor (David Spade) who is turned into a llama. The movie is a bit of a quest picture as the emperor tries to get himself restored to human form.
At the end of the picture we have a selfish amoral emperor who has, as far as I can tell, done *nothing* worth being restored. There's certainly no moral lesson here, or at least not a good one.
There are a few good jokes, though most of these are well over the average child's head. The voice talents are good, as both Spade and Goodman deliver their dialog in a believable, in character manner. Eartha Kitt is quite good as the evil Sorceress Yzma. In fact, the voice talent, I think, is better than most Disney films of recent memory (with the exception of the Toy Story movies, quite possibly the best). This is not enough to save a movie that I found to be predictable, silly, overblown, and, in the end, empty. Somewhat like eating a snow cone. There's some flavor, but no body.
My 3 year old son likes it, but then again he's three.
You thought Tarzan was dull? You ain't seen nothing yet.
The basic story involves a selfish amoral emperor (David Spade) who is turned into a llama. The movie is a bit of a quest picture as the emperor tries to get himself restored to human form.
At the end of the picture we have a selfish amoral emperor who has, as far as I can tell, done *nothing* worth being restored. There's certainly no moral lesson here, or at least not a good one.
There are a few good jokes, though most of these are well over the average child's head. The voice talents are good, as both Spade and Goodman deliver their dialog in a believable, in character manner. Eartha Kitt is quite good as the evil Sorceress Yzma. In fact, the voice talent, I think, is better than most Disney films of recent memory (with the exception of the Toy Story movies, quite possibly the best). This is not enough to save a movie that I found to be predictable, silly, overblown, and, in the end, empty. Somewhat like eating a snow cone. There's some flavor, but no body.
My 3 year old son likes it, but then again he's three.