I liked this movie as a kid, though- despite owning it- I rarely watched it. Now I adore it! As I have gotten older, I have seen it numerous times, and I own it on a double feature DVD with it's prequel-Joseph:King of Dreams, which I have reviewed on IMDB as well.
The movie simply tells the Biblical story of Moses, and how he freed his people from slavery. There are liberties taken to make the story its own epic, such as Moses and the Pharaoh being his brother for further conflict. Even the opening suggests looking up the actual story in the Book of Exodus.
The movie also has an impressive cast-many of whom are NOT religious. The cast includes Val Kilmer as Moses, Ralph Fiennes as Ramses the brother, Patrick Stewart stars as the original Pharaoh and Helen Mirren is his wife.
The Pharaoh has 2 magician assistants, who call on false gods to perform magic. The tall one is Martin Short and the short one is Steve Martin. (There is a missed opportunity there, but whatever.)
Miriam and Aaron, Moses's biological siblings, are played by Sandra Bullock and Jeff Goldblum, respectively. Moses's wife Tzipporah is played by Michelle Pfeiffer, and her father Jethro is played by Danny Glover. (Brian Mitchell Stokes sings his song-Through Heaven's Eyes- from which Moses learns that God has a purpose for him, even when he can't see it.)
There are other great songs in this movie(it is also a musical)-ones like Deliver Us, Playing With The Big Boys, The Plagues, and When You Believe-which not only has a Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey rendition in the credits but also won the Oscar for Best Song!
I don't know anyone personally who has seen it and hates it. My youth pastor loves it, and I showed it to some church friends who also loved it. My cousin loves it too-it's in his top 10 favorite movies, and deservedly so! Also, if you look at You Tube comments about the movie, you can see that even non-religious people find this movie astounding!
There are also many critics who like it, such as Roger Ebert, Gene Siskel, James Berardinelli, Doug Walker("Nostalgia Critic") and Ani Mat-who is on You Tube.
No other Dreamworks movie can compare to this masterpiece! Shrek, Madagascar, How To Train Your Dragon? They have NOTHING on The Prince of Egypt! Even if I were to rank all Dreamworks's animated movies, spot 1 and 2 would have a huge gap in quality!
This is also sadly overlooked. The Dreamworks movies I mentioned above get more attention than The Prince of Egypt does. That's just sad. TPOE needs more love, people!
No words could satisfy my high admiration for The Prince of Egypt! 3 out of 3 people found my old review helpful, and here's to hoping this makes more people see this astonishing work of art! I really highly recommend seeing this beautiful movie- you will be moved by it!
Update: As of Easter 2020, this is also my favorite movie of all time. Not just animated, but in general.
The movie simply tells the Biblical story of Moses, and how he freed his people from slavery. There are liberties taken to make the story its own epic, such as Moses and the Pharaoh being his brother for further conflict. Even the opening suggests looking up the actual story in the Book of Exodus.
The movie also has an impressive cast-many of whom are NOT religious. The cast includes Val Kilmer as Moses, Ralph Fiennes as Ramses the brother, Patrick Stewart stars as the original Pharaoh and Helen Mirren is his wife.
The Pharaoh has 2 magician assistants, who call on false gods to perform magic. The tall one is Martin Short and the short one is Steve Martin. (There is a missed opportunity there, but whatever.)
Miriam and Aaron, Moses's biological siblings, are played by Sandra Bullock and Jeff Goldblum, respectively. Moses's wife Tzipporah is played by Michelle Pfeiffer, and her father Jethro is played by Danny Glover. (Brian Mitchell Stokes sings his song-Through Heaven's Eyes- from which Moses learns that God has a purpose for him, even when he can't see it.)
There are other great songs in this movie(it is also a musical)-ones like Deliver Us, Playing With The Big Boys, The Plagues, and When You Believe-which not only has a Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey rendition in the credits but also won the Oscar for Best Song!
I don't know anyone personally who has seen it and hates it. My youth pastor loves it, and I showed it to some church friends who also loved it. My cousin loves it too-it's in his top 10 favorite movies, and deservedly so! Also, if you look at You Tube comments about the movie, you can see that even non-religious people find this movie astounding!
There are also many critics who like it, such as Roger Ebert, Gene Siskel, James Berardinelli, Doug Walker("Nostalgia Critic") and Ani Mat-who is on You Tube.
No other Dreamworks movie can compare to this masterpiece! Shrek, Madagascar, How To Train Your Dragon? They have NOTHING on The Prince of Egypt! Even if I were to rank all Dreamworks's animated movies, spot 1 and 2 would have a huge gap in quality!
This is also sadly overlooked. The Dreamworks movies I mentioned above get more attention than The Prince of Egypt does. That's just sad. TPOE needs more love, people!
No words could satisfy my high admiration for The Prince of Egypt! 3 out of 3 people found my old review helpful, and here's to hoping this makes more people see this astonishing work of art! I really highly recommend seeing this beautiful movie- you will be moved by it!
Update: As of Easter 2020, this is also my favorite movie of all time. Not just animated, but in general.