Review of The Prince of Egypt (1998) by Sakata — 05 Oct 2018

"The Prince of Egypt" is by far one of the most underrated animated films. Maybe it's their Christian theme, maybe it's the difficulty of other studios in filming hit films at the time (DreamWorks was still going to grow a lot), but this is certainly a charming and touching movie.

With an extremely qualified cast and competent animation, we have a magnificent approach to the history of Moses, without it being necessary to appeal to the appealing Manichaeism of transforming the Hebrews into pure beings (this is evident in a scene in which Hebrews throw stones at Moses) or transform the Egyptians into inhuman villains (it is possible to perceive this through Seti, Ramses and the Egyptian people who suffer during the time of the plagues).

Hans Zimmer's soundtrack and Stephen Sodenheim's songs are spectacular, especially "When You Believe", which deserved to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song.