Pocahontas

Name: Pocahontas
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Animation, Family
Released: June 23, 1995
Duration: 81 min
Rating: 58
Cast: Christian Bale, Linda Hunt, Mel Gibson

1995

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Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: June 23, 1995 | G

Starring: Christian Bale, Linda Hunt, Mel Gibson

Summary: Pocahontas tells the story of a free-spirited girl who wonders what adventures await "Just Around The Riverbend." Pocahontas relies on the guidance of her loving and wise Grandmother Willow when English settlers arrive on the shores of their village. Her chance meeting with the courageous Captain John Smith leads to a beautiful friendshipPocahontas tells the story of a free-spirited girl who wonders what adventures await "Just Around The Riverbend." Pocahontas relies on the guidance of her loving and wise Grandmother Willow when English settlers arrive on the shores of their village. Her chance meeting with the courageous Captain John Smith leads to a beautiful friendship that bridges the gap between two cultures, and changes history. (Disney)… Expand

Director: Eric Goldberg and Mike Gabriel

Genre(s): Drama, History, Romance, Animation, Family, Musical

Rating: G

Runtime: 81 min

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Peter Stack

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. Read full review

Jeremy Gerard

The Disney artists have created a vivid palette for the picture. Read full review

Elvis Mitchell

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

Laura Shapiro

Just about everything in this lavish, animated feature is for the pigtail set, especially a big romance between Pocahontas (Irene Bedard) and the strapping John Smith (Mel Gibson). Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

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. Read full review

Mike Clark

Despite haunting moments in this fabricated fling between a headstrong Native American and an English sea captain, the film isn't as chirpy or majestic as recent Disney fare. [16Jun1995 Pg. 01.D]

Desson Thomson

The scenario (written by Carl Binder, Susannah Grant and Philip Lazebnik) is disappointingly wan and obsequious. Read full review

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Dinosalamander

Sep 13, 2015

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>I was only 9 years old >I loved Mr. Krabs so much, I had all the merchandise and seasons >I pray to Mr. Krabs every night before bed, thanking him for the life I've been given >"Oh yeah, Mr. Krabs." I say; "AAAAAAAAA" >My dad hears me and calls me a barnaclehead >IOndolemar the Banana Elf
>I was only 9 years old >I loved Mr. Krabs so much, I had all the merchandise and seasons >I pray to Mr. Krabs every night before bed, thanking him for the life I've been given >"Oh yeah, Mr. Krabs." I say; "AAAAAAAAA" >My dad hears me and calls me a barnaclehead >I know he was just jealous of my devotion for Mr. Krabs >I called him fish paste >He slaps me and sends me to go to sleep >I'm crying now, and my face hurts >I lay in bed and it's really cold >Suddenly, a warmth is moving towards me >It's Mr. Krabs >I am so happy >He screams into my ear "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" >He grabs me with his big meaty claws and puts me down onto my hands and knees >I'm ready >I spread my ass-cheeks for Mr. Krabs >He penetrates my butt-hole >It hurts so much but I do it for Eugene >I can feel my butt tearing as my eyes start to water >I push against his force >I want to please Mr. Krabs >He roars in a mighty roar as he fills my butt with his love >My dad walks in >Mr. Krabs looks him straight in the eyes and yells "AAAAAAAAAAA" >Mr. Krabs leaves through my window >Oh yeah, Mr. Krabs. >AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA… Expand

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meydianarizki21

Nov 4, 2020

Great animation film based on History

I loved Pocahontas and I thought it was a great animated film based on history of the real Indian Pocahontas! In the movie Captain John Smith (Mel Gibson) sails to the New World of Jamestown Virginia with a group of settlers and falls in love withGreat animation film based on History

I loved Pocahontas and I thought it was a great animated film based on history of the real Indian Pocahontas! In the movie Captain John Smith (Mel Gibson) sails to the New World of Jamestown Virginia with a group of settlers and falls in love with Pocahontas (Irene Bedard) but the settlers led by Govenor Ratcliffe (David Ogden Stiers) and the Native Americans led by Pocahontas' father Chief Powatahn (Russell Means) wish to fight each other to protect eachothers' land so it's up to Pocahontas and her forest friends Meeko, Grandmother Willow, and Flit and John Smith and his dog Percy to bring peace between their people! The music is very wonderful written by Alan Menken and Steven Schwartz. Colors of the WInd always blows me away every time I hear Pocahontas sing it! My favorite scenes in the movie were when Meeko jumps into Percy's bath and eats all his cherries and Percy chases him and I also liked it when settlers Ben and Lon (Billy Connolly and Joe Baker) come into the forest looking for Smith and get scared away by Grandmother Willow. I just died laughing at those scenes! Disney did a fantastic job telling the story of Pocahontas through animation! If they ever decide to do another animated film based on history they should do one on Christopher Columbus. Pocahontas is a true Disney film that any Disney fan can enjoy! I know I've really enjoyed it! 10 out of 10!… Expand

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asylumspadez

Nov 23, 2011

Seriously? Critics hate this? I was a kid when I first watched this and even to this day I still find it good. The entire film was interesting and well worth watching.

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JPK

Jul 1, 2019

Slightly Disappointing, But Solid
Considering Disney had 4 masterpieces the past 6 years, Pocahontas feels slightly underwhelming, But it’s still a great film.

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ViniciusBrito

Jun 25, 2018

The major plot of this movie, it's from when the europeans was sailing around the world, of course, in a romanticized way looking for treasures, lust, adventures. We accompany when england sailors travelled to Virginia looking for gold and one of the main characters is introduced, JohnThe major plot of this movie, it's from when the europeans was sailing around the world, of course, in a romanticized way looking for treasures, lust, adventures. We accompany when england sailors travelled to Virginia looking for gold and one of the main characters is introduced, John Smith, a indian slayer, by the way, the natives from where they would invade was called of savages and they though that was helping them with the invasion, showing them there culture and how they could grow like the englands, that was the englands point of view. The natives are all indians and live 100% with what the earth gives to them, they face wars between tribes and have problems with some situations, but they were living well and nice before the englands arrived. One of the indians is Pocahontas, the name character here, daughter of one of the leaders of their tribe, she is sweet, love the atmosphere there, and the movie did it really nice there, you can really felel the place, she is promised to marry with a great warrior from their tribe, but she don't think that he will be able to live the life with her the way she wants, searching for adventure. When the english people arrive their, John Smith go have a walk at the forest, and discover Pocahontas, they fall in love and from their the plot keep going.
One of the best things about this type of disney movie, are the songs, and in Pocahontas there are some nice songs, but most of them aren't so outstanding, i don't remebered much of those after it was over, the songs are ok, they use it to tell the story in some moments, in others i don't felt that it was very necessary. But there is one song that is really outstanding and i definiely keeped remembering of it after it was over, wich was "Colors of the Wind", the song not just develops the most important relationship of the movie, making the 2 most possible different humans in that universe meet and expose the differences between those two very different people that have a very different customs and a very different way to see things, it shows very well the shock between these two cultures. The movie was very happy into showing the vision of each one about the other before this song, because here it was revealed somethings. The song also is great because it does have some nice critics that it is still very recent, and the people from nowadays world can still learn a lot from it, one example of how nice the song is and one of his best lines is: "You think the only people who are people, are the people who look and think like you. But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger...you'll learn things you never knew you never knew." this is so powerfull, like there are so many people with certain ideology that doesn't just respect the others with different thoughts, but also that doesn't even want to hear what the other have to say, doesn't want to know the other peoples culture, and just hates for the sake of it, this movie teach this kind of good thing for life, even in todays world. All of this without mentioning the great singing by Judy Kuhn could pass the perfect emotion, she was so great singing this one, the voice of explaining and trying to make things better, was just so great.
One of the bad things of the movie is the villain, he isn't very remarkable and didn't had much to do, he is just the big bad that hate everybody with prejudices and needed to be stopped, he is a lot stereotyped, and about that, a lot of the characters are, there is one specific that should marriy with Pocahontas and she doesn't want because apparentely he doesn't want adventure and stuff and he also is a big strong guy, but the movie never shows why she thinks that he isn't a perfect guy, seems that it is just because he is a big strong one. The solution that they find at the end, i didn't bought that completely, it wasn't bad, but wasn't very good neither. I believe that it could have been a little longer movie.
The support characters are ok, the animals are great, so as the tree, wich is nice, that shows how is her relation with the nature, how she consider everything as her family and one of her own, wich was another great point of the movie, at some moments you can completely feel the ambience, the animals, during some songs, when she is talking about animals or some aspects nature, it is great how we can feel all about that world and how great the forest really is and why, the humans support characters aren't that good, some of them have some meaning but were kind of wasted.
The movie is funny, have a lot of meaning and powerfull things that everybody should learn, but also have some problems with character and conclusion and characters, but is definely a must watch.… Expand

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Sosmooth1982

Jan 8, 2023

Never really got into this movie. It's ok but I don't think it's as good as everyone gives it credit for.

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klyted2

Feb 29, 2016

this movie is very inapropiate at times but the music isnt half bad it aged very well but this is the worst movie from 1995 if you wanna watch a good disney movie from 1995 watch toy story after puking from pocahontas this film has so much bad things i cant list them all

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