The Lion King Reviews

The Lion King Review
by Steve Rhodes
The LION KING is technically an amazing and dazzling movie. I find it hard to review a cartoon. Perhaps, I could start by discussing some of the characters that were made special by the actor's voice. more

The Lion King Review
by Eric Walker
Walt Disney came up with a winning formula when he made SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS, back in 1937; over the years, his company refined that formula to a science. With the re-birth of Disney in the late 1980s, the "magical" formula for Disney...more

The Lion King Review
by Scott Renshaw
Voices: Matthew Broderick, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Jeremy Irons, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Rowan Atkinson, James Earl Jones. Screenplay: Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts and Linda Woolverton. Directors: Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff. more

The Lion King Review
by Michael J. Legeros
Directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff Written by Irene Mechi, Jonathan Roberts, and Linda Woolverton Cast featuring the voices of Rowan Atkinson............Zazu (hornbill) Matthew...more

The Lion King Review
by Mark R. Leeper
Capsule review: With the exception of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST this may be the best Disney animated feature since FANTASIA. Rather than distorting an existing story, the filmmakers have created a myth brand new, but with...more

The Lion King Review
by Mike Huang
Disney Films Featuring: James Earl Jones, Whoopi Goldberg, Moira Kelly, Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, Cheech Marin, and a host of others Music and Lyrics by Elton John and Tim Rice more

The Lion King Review
by Rob Furr
In reality, THE LION KING is a fairly old movie, or, more precisely, a whole bunch of old Disney movies tossed in the Mixmaster and poured into a mold. I'm sure that there was a plot in there, somewhere, but most of the movie concerned itself with...more

The Lion King Review
by berardinelli,james
Featuring the voices of Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones, Matthew Broderick, Whoopi Goldberg, Moira Kelly, Robert Guillaume, Cheech Marin, Rowan Atkinson, and Jonathan Taylor Thomas...more

The Lion King Review
by Ethan Solomita
First, the animation quality was amazing! It was the best I've ever seen from a Disney movie, certainly for anything of the length of a feature film!. And, best of all, I couldn't tell where the computer effects were used. more