Review of Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) by Steven V — 27 Aug 2009
Atlantis: The Lost Empire underperformed at the box office, but it does continue the attempts of Disney to stretch themselves a bit - even if it is, in a way, going back to the days of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea with its Jules Verne-esque storyline.
The tone of the whole enterprise is closer to movies like Titan A.E. than expected, except that this movie works where that didn't, as impressive as the animation there was, the story just wasn't a grabber.
The movie also benefits from having a good voice cast (Claudia Christian, John Mahoney, Leonard Nimoy, Don Novello, the late Jim Varney and James Garner). In fact, Atlantis: The Lost Empire doesn't feel like a Disney movie at all - but unlike some other recent Disney efforts, it feels like it could have been from any studio (with the arguable exception of Columbia Picture, the least cartoon-friendly of Hollywood studios); there's nothing terribly distinctive about it and it doesn't help that the animation doesn't push the boundaries for the most part.
This movie is a perfectly entertaining movie which keeps the adventure to a maximum and the romance to a blissful minimum.
This review of Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) was written by Steven V on 27 Aug 2009.
Atlantis: The Lost Empire has generally received positive reviews.
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