Pocahontas

3.50
    Pocahontas
    1995

    Synopsis

    Pocahontas, daughter of a Native American tribe chief, falls in love with an English soldier as colonists invade 17th century Virginia.

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    Cast

    • Irene BedardPocahontas (voice)
    • Mel GibsonJohn Smith (voice)
    • David Ogden StiersGovernor Ratcliffe (voice)
    • John KassirMeeko (voice)
    • Christian BaleThomas (voice)
    • Judy KuhnPocahontas (singing voice)
    • Billy ConnollyBen (voice)
    • Frank WelkerFlit (voice)
    • Russell MeansPowhatan (voice)
    • Linda HuntGrandmother Willow (voice)

    Recommendations

    • 100

      San Francisco Chronicle

      Disney's 33rd animated feature, and its first with characters based on real people, is a stunning movie with clever twists, vivid characterizations, insightful songs and a surprising harvest of revisionist history that manages to ring smartly as pure entertainment.
    • 88

      ReelViews

      Taking advantage of the studio's breathtakingly intricate animation, directors Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg have breathed vitality into this, the fifth "new wave" Disney animated picture.
    • 80

      The New York Times

      Gloriously colorful, cleverly conceived and set in motion with the usual Disney vigor, Pocahontas is one more landmark feat of animation.
    • 78

      Austin Chronicle

      Pocahontas' arrow, tipped with tender romance and feathered with spirited folklore, hits the bulls-eye dead on.
    • 75

      Chicago Sun-Times

      The film looks great, the songs are wonderfully visualized, and the characters are appealing.
    • 75

      San Francisco Examiner

      With an original score by Alan Menken and Gilbert and Sullivan-ish songs by Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz, the movie is the cartoon equivalent of a full-scale, high-quality Broadway musical.
    • 70

      Film Threat

      The animation in Pocahontas is a testament to the constantly evolving skills of the various animators involved, drawing characters that manage to make an impact, even if only a small one.
    • 70

      Chicago Reader

      Contradictions confound certain aspects of this project--such as the language spoken by Pocahontas (which, in the Hollywood tradition, oscillates between tribal talk and the unaccented chatter of a contemporary Valley girl)--but overall this seems like a reasonable stab at an impossible agenda.

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