Hercules

Name: Hercules
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Romance, Animation
Released: June 27, 1997
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 74
Cast: Bobcat Goldthwait, Danny DeVito, James Woods, Josh Keaton, Matt Frewer

1997

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Generally favorable reviews based on 22 Critics

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Movie Details & Credits

Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: June 27, 1997

Starring: Bobcat Goldthwait, Danny DeVito, James Woods, Josh Keaton, Matt Frewer, Rip Torn, Roger Bart, Samantha Eggar, Susan Egan, Tate Donovan

Summary: In order to return home to Mount Olympus, Hercules needs to prove he can move from "zero" to true hero with Pegasus, the flying stallion, and Phil -- a feisty personal trainer. Along the way, Hercules must match wits with Grecian beauty Meg and a comical hothead named Hades who, with the help of Pain and Panic, plans to take over the Universe.

Director: John Musker and Ron Clements

Genre(s): Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Romance, Animation, Family, Musical

Rating: G

Runtime: 93 min

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Awards & Rankings

24	#24 Best Movie of 1997
75	#75 Most Discussed Movie of 1997
64	#64 Most Shared Movie of 1997

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Entertainment Weekly - Owen Gleiberman

Hercules, like Aladdin, zips Disney’s house animation style past sentimentality and into an age of ironic media-wise overload. That’s not a bad place for it to be. Read full review

Chicago Tribune - Michael Wilmington

Disney's smashing new mythological feature cartoon, is one of funniest and most purely entertaining of all the recent Disney animated efforts. Read full review

Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert

The wonder is that it took Disney so long to get to the gods of Greek mythology. Hercules jumps into the ancient legends feet-first, cheerfully tossing out what won't fit and combining what's left into a new look and a lighthearted style. Read full review

The Seattle Times - John Hartl

It's light and fizzy and fun without once calling attention to the fact that a lot of hard work went into it (Gerald Scarfe's sharp production design keeps it from looking quite like any other Disney cartoon). [27 June 1997, p.F1]

ReelViews - James Berardinelli

Let me start by saying that Hercules, Walt Disney Pictures' 35th animated feature, makes for good family entertainment. Good, not great. While this film is capable of providing a ninety minute diversion for both kids and adults, it's a far cry from such recent classics as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin. Read full review

San Francisco Examiner - Barbara Shulgasser

DeVito, whose singing sounds like a cross between coughing and Jimmy Durante on a good day, is a gruff and lovable mentor with a Brooklyn accent and a New Yorker's intolerance for sentimentality. Egan's Meg is a fiery dame with lots of gall. Tate Donovan gives voice to the adult Hercules, and he is just right as an almost Dudley Doright-ish lug who thinks heroics have more to do with physical daring than with big-heartedness. Alan Mencken's original score is boisterous and hummable, and lyrics by David Zippel perfectly suit the story and Disney's recent style for cleverness. Read full review

Washington Post - Desson Thomson

The story behind Hercules, Walt Disney’s insipid, lifeless, animated feature, is hardly the stuff of children’s entertainment. Read full review

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Tohubohu7

Jul 26, 2018

Not the best Disney classic, but damn is this movie good, only thing I’d complain about is its way too short and the characters aren’t given enough time to develop, the most developed character here is megra and I could swear not counting the growing up sequence we had more screen time thanNot the best Disney classic, but damn is this movie good, only thing I’d complain about is its way too short and the characters aren’t given enough time to develop, the most developed character here is megra and I could swear not counting the growing up sequence we had more screen time than Hercules, you know, the guy this movie is named after! Overall amazing movie but definitely on the lower end of Disney classics… Expand

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ToonVictim

Feb 23, 2018

Disney's Hercules is a fun and entertaining family movie, with great characters, beautiful animation and very good songs. However, the connoisseurs of Greek mythology will not be happy with the changes to the original story.

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gzayas91

Aug 1, 2018

This is one of Disney's weaker ones, it feels like they throws anything and none of them sticks, they could have done as a adventure of Hercules instead of a satire. This is a confuse mess.

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