The Lion King

Name: The Lion King
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Comedy, Animation, Family
Released: July 19, 2019
Duration: 118 min
Rating: 55
Cast: Alfre Woodard, Amy Sedaris, Beyoncé Knowles, Billy Eichner, Chiwetel Ejiofor

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Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: July 19, 2019 | PG

Starring: Alfre Woodard, Amy Sedaris, Beyoncé Knowles, Billy Eichner, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Donald Glover, Eric André, Florence Kasumba, James Earl Jones, JD McCrary, John Kani, John Oliver, Keegan-Michael Key, Seth Rogen, Shahadi Wright Joseph

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A CGI remake of Disney's 1994 animated classic The Lion King featuring an all-new cast, save for a returning James Earl Jones.

Summary: In the African savanna, a future king is born. Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub’s arrival. Scar, Mufasa’s brother—and former heir to the throne—has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama,In the African savanna, a future king is born. Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub’s arrival. Scar, Mufasa’s brother—and former heir to the throne—has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba’s exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his. … Expand

Director: Jon Favreau

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, Comedy, Animation, Family, Musical

Rating: PG

Runtime: 118 min

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Soren Andersen

Jul 11, 2019

The new version amplifies and deepens all that is good in the original. The key is in the visuals. Photorealistic computer-generated imagery renders its African landscapes and animals with astonishing realism. Read full review

Mike Ryan

Jul 11, 2019

The Lion King is a monumental achievement of technological advancement. I’ve never seen anything quite like it. Read full review

Reed Tucker

Jul 11, 2019

Although this version is some 30 minutes longer than its predecessor, anyone looking for new story twists or, say, an inspiring backstory for the antelope that gets eaten, will probably leave disappointed. Read full review

Kendra James

Jul 11, 2019

While it’s a near shot-for-shot remake of the original, this version of The Lion King lacks much of the emotion and expressiveness that keeps people coming back to the first. ... Someone who’s never seen the original version could probably enjoy this strictly inferior clone. But why should they? Read full review

Nora McGreevy

Jul 17, 2019

If The Lion King redux sounds wild, the result is surprisingly tame. Read full review

Jake Coyle

Jul 11, 2019

Jon Favreau’s The Lion King, so abundant with realistic simulations of the natural world, is curiously lifeless. Read full review

Pat Brown

Jul 11, 2019

There’s something very cheap at the core of this overtly, ostentatiously expensive film, reliant as it is on our memory of the original to accentuate every significant moment. Read full review

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Micneias

Jul 21, 2019

The best movie 2019!! Nostalgic, realist, amazing. Mufasa, Scar, Timon and Pumba its one show!!

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Silvaeduu

Jul 19, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great !!! I loved❤️❤️❤️❤️ The best Beyonce is so amazing ❤️❤️❤️ The best filme of the world… Expand

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Munene

Jul 19, 2019

This is a visual masterpiece! While staying true to the original, it adds something new and fresh

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Jaguar2020

Apr 27, 2020

Crysis is from the cartoon world. All the power of the technology that accumulated all this time was realized in a movie remake. The maximum of graphics, the visual series just blows one's mind, something close to photorealism. Many have dubbed the project as a soulless technical demo andCrysis is from the cartoon world. All the power of the technology that accumulated all this time was realized in a movie remake. The maximum of graphics, the visual series just blows one's mind, something close to photorealism. Many have dubbed the project as a soulless technical demo and testing ground. In fact, this is a new round in the development of technology that does not hesitate to demonstrate Disney.… Expand

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EliseLewis

Jul 22, 2019

Loved every bit of this movie! Reminded me of my childhood! From the beginning to the end I could not look away!

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CaesarSalad

Jul 27, 2019

I was shocked when Mufasa died! The only thing live action about this movie is the ground. It's the same movie as the original yet worse. They don't even really try anything new. They do scenes exactly the same. Except they take some things out like Rafiki hitting Simba and the lesson thatI was shocked when Mufasa died! The only thing live action about this movie is the ground. It's the same movie as the original yet worse. They don't even really try anything new. They do scenes exactly the same. Except they take some things out like Rafiki hitting Simba and the lesson that scene teaches. Why keep everything the same yet leave some stuff out especially since this movie is longer? The voice acting is alright some people are good and others are just okay. The singing is good. Beyonce is really good, but because of that she outshines Donald Glover. While Donald Glover is a much better voice actor than Beyonce. The singing is good, but the songs are not as good as the original. There were 2 original songs though which were nice. But some songs just don't work like "be prepared" and "can you feel the love tonight". They sing "can you feel the love tonight" during the day. They don't even really sing the best villain song "be prepared". The only really good thing I can say about this movie is the CGI. But that doesn't just automatically make this movie good. You can dress up a dish all you want but if it tastes bad dressing it up isn't going to change that. More importantly because of this realistic CGI you lose emotional facial expression and because of this the actors had to portray all of the characters emotions just through their voice. This wasn't enough most of the time. This movie just isn't good it's lazy it does everything the same way except losing what made the original so great. If you just want to watch lion king just watch the original even now it still looks amazing because of it's beautifully hand drawn animation. These live action Disney remakes never live up to the original or even come close and this is just another one of those except probably the worse one I've seen this year.… Expand

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Ponds98

May 31, 2021

A "copy and paste" without soul of the original opera and even without the most important scene of the movie. the discussion about life between Simba and Rafiki that explain the main message of life about the movie.
A cold and unnecessary copy without soul

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