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8.8 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 36 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 35 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 36
  3. Negative: 1 out of 36

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  1. Oct 5, 2011
    8
    "The Emperor's New Groove" is a bright, cheerful movie that will excite the audience, old and young alike, with its undeniable thrills and adventures.
  2. Oct 4, 2010
    10
    This film is laugh out loud hilarious! The script is brilliant and the storyline works in perfectly with the humour. Yzma and Kronk make one of the funniest duos ever brought to the screen and I'm surprised this film didn't get more attention than it received!
  3. Feb 18, 2012
    10
    I loved this movie when I was a kid. Well, I still loving it, the jokes are fantastic, the plot is very good too, and I loved every character in this movie.
  4. MarioR.
    Mar 27, 2001
    10
    Most misunderstood and underrated masterpiece of the decade, animated or otherwise. Don't just drop off your kids. Bring the whole family. This is the best in ages.
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  5. ScottL.
    Sep 4, 2003
    10
    ROCKS!
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  6. ChineseBoy
    Mar 29, 2004
    10
    Demon llama!
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  7. KarenP.
    May 28, 2001
    10
    Extra-ordinarily FUNNY! No horrible, overly evil bad guy like in most Disney movies makes this one most refreshing. Eartha Kitt makes a delicious cartoony addition, but Warburton really MAKES this movie. I love Spade, but Kronk is truly the reason to watch this one!
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  8. Earth,Air,Fire,Water,Mulroneycakes
    Dec 9, 2002
    9
    This is a FUNNY movie. Really. Not a great classic - the animation's occasionally a little ragged, the angular drawing method a little wearing and the minamalistic backdrops to the palace scenes and so on served only to detach me from the movie - but BLOODY GOOD. Dump your kids in front of it and stick around with them. Also, an extra point for featuring possibly the first - gasp - pregnant woman in a major role in a Disney animated feat- sod it, cartoon. Expand
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  9. HeatcliffJ.
    Aug 2, 2002
    8
    This movie is funny beyond all reason. Its clever puns and classic David Spade sarcasm make it all the more enjoyable. Fun and classic Disney movie for the whole family!!!!!
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  10. Richard
    Sep 24, 2002
    7
    Has a couple of slow patches, but a raucous chase sequence makes up for it. Never less than very funny and heartfelt, and worth seeing for Eartha Kitt alone. Watching her animated self and listening to that unmistakable voice, I thought, what a brilliant Gollum she would have made. And I mean that with the very greatest respect.
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  11. Lama
    Jun 3, 2003
    10
    Though the animation isn't great and the plot isn't too great either, I found the characters lovable, the jokes hilarious, the settings gorgeous, the music fabulous, and there wasn't really a "good vs. evil" theme in there (though there was a villain--who wasn't really much of a villain).
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  12. StephanieP.
    Oct 27, 2001
    10
    I loved this movie!! It is the best Disney movie I've ever seen and my friends and I watch it ALL the time. It never gets tiring. It has many funny parts, many "sensitive" parts, and there are lots of cute quirky characters. Rent or buy this movie TODAY!!
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  13. M.C.
    Aug 27, 2001
    10
    Boom baby! Great movie & the jokes where fantastic. This is one of my favorite movies :-)
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  14. MichelleP.
    Nov 3, 2002
    10
    One of the best Disney movies ever! It was funny, had beautiful backgrounds, great music, and lovable characters. You can't help but love it!
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  15. SimonD.
    Jun 26, 2003
    9
    Thanks to an inept ad campaign from a studio that had never produced a pure comedy before, this film vanished witohut a trace. But it is one of the funniest and wittiest comedies of any kind of the past ten years, influenced by Chuck Jones rather than by Walt Disney and full of spunk and even heart.
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  16. JakeH.
    Nov 13, 2005
    9
    One of Disney's best and funniest animated films.
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  17. RedversK.
    Dec 12, 2002
    10
    Bring it on.
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  18. Apr 7, 2011
    10
    The only animated Disney movie other than "Lilo and Stitch," in the early 2000s that was a masterpiece. Verry witty, and hilarious throughout the entire movie.
  19. Nov 4, 2010
    7
    not my favorite, but Patrick Warburton really cracked me up!
  20. May 3, 2012
    10
    Now this is really funny. Animated films usually don't get much cooler than this. With a witty story, great characters, and creative cartoony animation, we have a masterpiece.
Metascore

Generally favorable reviews - based on 28 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 28
  2. Negative: 0 out of 28
  1. 63
    Refreshingly flirts with a very un-Disney political incorrectness.
  2. Reviewed by: David Ansen
    80
    This is a fleet, funny family entertainment that should tickle parents as well as tykes.
  3. 91
    A spry and appealing film that throws off comic sparks with aplomb.