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100An inspiring translation of biblical grandeur, turning the story of one of history's greatest heroes into an entertaining, visually dazzling cartoon.
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100Prince Of Egypt is epic storytelling on the grandest scale. Big imagery, big themes, big emotions - all met head-on and accomplished triumphantly within a film that is in essence a live action movie - more precisely a Steven Spielberg live action movie - writ cartoon.
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90At once rich in historic and character detail and full of eye-popping tableaux, this new spin on the Moses saga sometimes out-DeMilles DeMille's 1956 live-action epic, "The Ten Commandments."
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88One of the best-looking animated films ever made.
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88Overall, it's a story of triumph and adventure - of oppression ended and freedom begun.
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80Everything we love about biblical-movie kitsch is here, only concentrated and heightened.
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80The blend of animation techniques somehow demonstrates mastery modestly, while the special effects are nothing short of magnificent.
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78DreamWorks has gathered for the movie and for these extracurricular projects an amazing collection of voice talent that complements the film's stunning technical achievements.
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75The filmmakers are more interested in spinning an entertaining yarn than probing the spiritual dimensions of their important subject.
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75Apt to scare kids. [18 December 1998, p.72]
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75DreamWorks' story of Moses raises the bar on the art of cartooning to the top of Mount Sinai and beyond.
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75Moses was elevating mankind to a place closer to God, but when the Red Sea parts here, the feeling it gives you isn't awe; it's closer to deep impact.
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70Features a first-rate voice cast and state-of-the-art animation that's nothing short of miraculous.
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70Rendering in high drama the story of Moses one moment and then underscoring that drama with songs filled with banal "you-can-make-it-if-you-really-try" cliches moves from the sublime to the ridiculous so quickly, you could get the bends.
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70Even in an animated feature, visuals alone, no matter how successful, are not enough. And despite having this sturdy biblical tale to work with, despite being faithful enough to the spirit of the story to please a wide swath of scholars and theologians, the creators of Prince of Egypt have been unable to relate it in a completely compelling way.
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70A well-made work with much to recommend it, even if its worthiness is not the brightest flare on the movie horizon this season.
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70If nothing else it's a wonderful essay on the meaning of freedom and the courage it takes to wrestle it from despots. In that sense, it feels more political and cultural than religious.
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63Certainly spectacular -- an elaborately designed combination of animation and computer-generated imagery -- but at times it's a spectacular bore.
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60Much of the animation is stunning and all of the vocal performances are good to great. It's just much of the passion seems to be in not stepping on anyone's beliefs or interpretations, instead of in telling the story in the most compelling way possible.
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60As a rule, the drawn and computer-animated imagery is top notch and seamlessly integrated, but the central characters' tawny complexions and the often chiaroscuro lighting sometimes obscure all but the whites of their eyes and their pearl-perfect teeth.
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The spectacle is huge; the animation, breathtaking. In many ways, it is the epic of biblical proportions the filmmakers hoped for. But, like the Good Book itself, The Prince of Egypt can also be tedious, self-important and at times exhausting.
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50Thou shalt not covet any thing that is thy neighbor's. Maybe DreamWorks should stop trying to be Disney.
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The producers of this glorified latter-day frieze have gone nuts for computer-generated extras without clinching the essentials of character and catharsis.
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50The few good jokes (most of them courtesy of the Pharaoh's high priests, voiced by Martin Short and Steve Martin) are swallowed up in this humorless epic.
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40As entertainment goes, however, this desert spectacle is no "Aladdin"-- despite the impressively strong graphics of the vast urban spaces.
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30Middlebrow kitsch, but kitsch straining for respectability and therefore without the energy that can make kitsch entertaining.
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8This movie is a great way of telling the story about Moses.