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The story of Moses is done here and, although not totally Biblically accurate, this is about as close as it gets in Hollywood. The inaccuracies are minor.

The artwork was fabulous when it came out in 1999. It's still very good, but animation has improved so fast in so short a time period that this is nothing special, art-wise, these day. However, it sure was when it was released just seven years ago. It's just beautiful in parts. Some of the prettiest colors I've seen on film have been in animated movies the last decade, and this is a prime example. The parting of the Red Sea in here is awesomely-done by the artists. That scene also sported the best sound in the 99-minute film.

The songs in here were nothing special but they didn't detract from the story because they were all short. Regarding the story, I only wish they had gone into detail on the plagues instead of just lumping them all together. They could have had some jaw-dropping scenes with the locusts, etc.

All-in-all a fine film and a rarity: a Biblical film that doesn't offend anyone.

This is very possibly the finest animation I've seen. Before commenting on the film as a whole, I want to make that clear, because in the inevitable rush to pick this film apart (the plot, the voices, the religious significance, the literary accuracy, the moral issues, the music, the comparisons with Disney and de Mille, etc...) one might easily become distracted from the aesthetic and technical triumphs of The Prince of Egypt, and that would be unfortunate. As someone who has an interest and appreciation of animation, I can say that this is the first film I've seen that successfully integrates computer-generated animation and traditional animation (and I've seen many attempts). More importantly, as someone who has eyes, I can say that the result is a visual experience of intense style and beauty. In fact, the initial depiction of Egypt is so breathtaking, that it seriously hinders the film's later efforts to vilify it.

Comparisons with Disney are inevitable, especially because Prince of Egypt employs tired Disney formula in an attempt, I assume, to remain economically viable. What a shame, since Disney hasn't made a decent film since Aladdin. I am referring, of course, to the unnecessary musical numbers and the two high priests, the film's comic relief, who are drawn grossly out of proportion to the other characters. Even worse than their unoriginality, however, is the open mockery of ancient Egyption religion and culture, which these two characters embody. I found their musical number especially appalling. On the other hand, it's a story in which the protagonists succeed only through a greater capacity for cruelty and destruction and the slaughter of innocent children, so it's kind of hard to nail down any concrete moral standard here.

In general, I thought the story was well told, with solid direction and a good script. The only complaint I have about the voice acting is that Jeff Goldblum's unmistakable mannerisms seriously distract from his character. I suspect that I wasn't really bothered by the others only because I hadn't seen a cast list before seeing the film. I wish they would stop relying on celebrity voices for animated features. No character can be effective if the viewer can't separate the voice from the actor supplying it.

The bottom line is, despite any objections, complaints, or concerns I might have about this film, despite the moral, religious, or idealogical issues it brings up, and despite the $8 and two hours you'll spend, this film is worth seeing. It's worth seeing because of the animation. I hope it sets a new standard for feature-length animated films. At the very least, I think it will show the movie-going public what the medium is capable of.

Quite possibly the most astonishing achievement in animation since Beauty and the Beast (and surpassing same), The Prince of Egypt is a lovingly crafted, engaging piece of cinema. The main characters are well-realized, three-dimensional characters. The focus of the film is the conflict between Ramses and his adopted brother, Moses, set against the backdrop of the epic events in the book of Exodus. The result is a religious tale that treats the oft-ignored human element. Instead of merely relating the tale as it is, the story asks "how would a person *feel* if God appeared to them and told them to do this? How would others react?" The script is light-years beyond any past biblical epic. The animation style owes a small debt to Disney's house style, but goes above and beyond in the details in character design (the Hebrews and Egyptians and Midians are clearly of different ethnic backgrounds, and no character suffers from the doe-eyed Disney Belle syndrome). Computer Generated Imagery blends -- for the first time in an animated film -- seamlessly with traditional cel animation. The film also takes some fairly audacious risks; Moses has a dream sequence in stiffly animated hieroglyphics, completely switching animation styles for about five minutes, which I believe is completely unprecedented in animation. There are moments when the visual effects made me forget to breathe. If you blink during the parting of the red sea, you'll regret it. There is, I believe I can safely say, not a second of the film that does not offer some sort of visual delight -- from the deep symbolism of the hieroglyphics to the dizzying chariot race in the opening sequence. The music has been touted by some critics as the film's weak link; such is definitely not the case. Stephen Schwartz' songs combine elements of Broadway-esque show tunes with native Hebrew and Egyptian music. The songs are powerful and moving, sometimes no more than one verse in length, sometimes full-blown seven-minute extravaganzas like "Let My People Go." The one weaker song, surprisingly, is the theme "When You Believe." Even freed from Mariah Carey/Whitney Houston R&B cheese as it is in the movie, it's a watery definition of faith at best. Still, the scene in which it takes place is powerful and the song is beautifully performed. If the film has a weak link, it might be the voice casting,Val Kilmer and Patrick Stewart in particular. The two voices are distinctive of the gentleman who possess them, and thus are distracting in this format. But such is a minor quibble, and should not dissuade anyone from seeing the greatest animated story ever told.

Let's forget for a while religions and conflicts between humans. Let's focus on the huge amount of creativity and greatness that made this masterpiece. Although DreamWorks have imitated Disney on different levels but the result surprised all those who watched it. The title itself implies that a great story took place in an old great civilization. In my opinion, the story of this movie is not like what most of people think: conflict between good and bad. It's way beyond that. It's a story of two real brothers who love each other to the core but they were obliged to become enemies due to their differences in beliefs and religion. Don't you think that it's time for people to forget about their differences and become compassionate and empathetic? Love will unite us while religions make us enemies to each other. The music was outstanding, as well as the songs. The soundtracks of this film make the spectator live in old Egypt which is a very genius innovation by the composer. Very few composers know how to connect their music with an epoch, land and a place. The first scene when slaves were building the pyramids was one of the best starts in movies history. Simply it's one of the best movies in history. It's a combination of greatness and beauty.

I recently watched The Prince of Egypt, and it was a great movie! The animation was stunning, the music was beautiful, and the story was captivating. The film did an excellent job of retelling the story of Moses in a way that was entertaining and respectful to the source material. The voice acting was top-notch, with great performances from the entire cast. It exceptionally well did Moses and Ramses' relationship, and I invested in their story from beginning to end. The only reason I'm not giving it a perfect score is that, at times, the pacing felt rushed. Nonetheless, I highly recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys animated films or is interested in Biblical stories.

This film lives up to the dramatic and epic scope of its source material. The animation is excellent and shows a rich world and characters. The film strikes a fine balance between the young target audience and the violent tone of the source material.

I could not fault this movie whatsoever, and I am shocked at the low rating. The animation is jaw-dropping, especially in The Plagues scene, which is still for me visually and musically one of the most haunting and evocative scenes in an animated film, and the part with the Red Sea splitting. The songs and music(by Hans Zimmer) are phenomenal. "When You Believe" is a standout, as is the title song. People complained about the story. There is nothing wrong with the story at all, other that it is complicated, but it is a biblical story after all. The voice talents are superlative, here we have Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock, Steve Martin and Martin Short voicing fairly complex and beautifully-drawn characters flawlessly. I tend to worry about A Listers in animated films, but this, people, is a truly talented voice cast, who are truly excellent when they are given a good script, which was exactly what they got. All in all, a superb animated film, which isn't to be missed. 10/10 Bethany Cox.

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.

I saw Mulan, Anastasia and Prince of Egypt in a row. I loved Mulan, I loved Anastasia even more, and now... Well, I must say that Prince of Egypt is probably the best of all. I'd even say, the best animation feature ever produced in the USA (aside from Batman : Mask of the Phantasm).

It is a real piece of art, aiming to entertain everybody, not only act as a baby-sitter movie for kids. There aren't even any pets here. Only a great story, moving scenes, credible characters and fantastic music and storyboard. You will love this one.

Spectacular cartoon adaptation about known story , it focuses Moses , the Hebrew leader , leading the Jews out of Egypt and realized in musical style . This is the wonderful story about an extraordinary man receiving a holy calling , and follows his life from birth , abandonment , slavery and trials in leading the Jews ; this is the greatest event in cartoon motion picture history . Biblical story developed in on an animated great scale though no such as the classic Cecil B. De Mille's version . An Egyptian prince named Moses (Val Kilmer provides a voice for both Moses and God, Charlton Heston also played both parts in classic adaptation) who is adopted and brought up in the court learns of his identity as a Hebrew and later his destiny to become the chosen deliverer of his people . This vivid storytelling although fairly standard follows appropriately the Moses'life , the son of a Jew slave, from birth and abandonment on a basket over river Nile , as when the Pharaoh Seti (voice by Patrick Stewart) ordered the killing of all newborn babies , being pick up by Egyptian princesses and he's raised in the royal court , becoming into Prince of Egypt . One time grown-up Moses embarks a supernatural mission , as the Egyptian Prince , learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people , getting the freedom for Hebrews . When his Hebrew origin is revealed , Moses is cast out of Egypt , and makes his way across the desert . Then , Moses retires out of Egypt where meets Jethro (voice of Danny Glover) , marring him with his daughter Sefora . The stoic Moses along with his brothers Aaron (Jeff Goldblum) and Miriam (voice of Sandra Bullock) confront Pharaoh Rameses (voice of Ralph Fiennes who was considered for the title role of The Saint, which went to Val Kilmer) . Moses asks Pharaoh to liberate them but he refuses, causing the Egyptian plagues : invasion of locusts , fogs , epidemic , water become in blood and death of the first-born . As Moses instructs the slaves to put lamb's blood above their doors for protection and in the night , the angel of death comes , and passes over the protected doors . In the homes of the Egyptians where there is no protective sign , the angel kills off the first born children of Egypt, including Rameses' son . Moses goes to his brother after this , and is given permission to take the Jews . Moses takes charge of God's people and wrests them from Pharaoh's punishing grip . Moses like liberator of the Jewish leads his people throughout desert battling enemies and with holy intervention (when Moses and God are conversing, Val Kilmer is actually talking to himself) . Finally , Moses climbs the Mount of Sinai bringing the holy tablets , meanwhile Jewish people worshipping the golden calf .

This is a monumental animated version of the Biblic book of ¨Exodus ¨ with drawings carried out in utter conviction and impressive special effects , including the computer generator parting of the Red Sea ; in spite of making by means of usual C.G. ,the effects still look great . The production team conferred with roughly 600 religious experts to make the film as accurate as possible . Sadly , the movie was banned in Malaysia and Indonesia , but later released in Video CD format . Lavishly produced by Dreamworks , the Production Company created by Jeffrey Katzenberg , David Geffen and Steven Spielberg . Producer Jeffrey Katzenberg constantly pitched the idea to the Walt Disney Company while he was working there , but Michael Eisner didn't like the idea . Obviously changes were made to the story to make it work as an animated feature , in fact , there is a short list of differences between the movie and the Biblical account of the Exodus . This movie was the most expensive animated feature ever made at the time, being beaten out by Final fantasy . However , the film being necessary to see it in big screen , watching in TV it makes lost most really spectacular scenarios on the small screen . The picture is suitable for family viewing and religious people.

Other adaptations told in compactly form about this biblical story are the followings : classic mute (1923) by Cecil B. DeMille with Theodore Roberts , Charles Rochefort ; the second handling and the greatest , made in a gargantuan scale by Cecil B. DeMille (1956) played by Charlton Heston , Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter , Debra Paget , John Derek , Edward G. Robinson and Vincent Price . Furthermore , TV rendition (1975) by Gianfranco De Bossio with Burt Lancaster , Irene Papas and Anthony Quayle , a new take on titled ¨In the beginning¨ (2000) by Kevin Connor with Billy Campbell as Moses , Christopher Lee as Seti and Art Malik as Rameses . And television rendition (2006) by Robert Dornhelm with Dougray Scott , Susan Lynch , Naveen Andrews , Paul Rhys , Omar Sharif , Linus Roache among others .

For sheer spectacle, it's tough to beat the Bible. With "The Prince of Egypt," DreamWorks makes good on its promise to deliver a state-of-the-art animated film that will compete favorably with the best Disney has to offer. As with "Antz," released earlier this year, DreamWorks has successfully resisted the temptation to populate this film with characters that can be turned into further revenue through toy sales. (I do wonder, though, if three soundtrack albums--the film's soundtrack, an "inspirational" album, and a "country" album--were really necessary.) The animation team has accomplished something truly spectacular; watching "The Prince of Egypt" is like seeing life breathed into a rich, luxurious tapestry. The Biblical story told in the books of Genesis and Exodus is followed very faithfully, with only minor changes made for dramatic reasons. The action sequences are truly exciting, overall pacing is excellent, and the miracles wrought by God are depicted with awed and respectful wonder. One truly astonishing, harrowing sequence recounts the slaughter of firstborn Hebrew children by bringing hieroglyphic drawings to life on the walls of an Egyptian temple. The voice work is especially good--Val Kilmer is fine as Moses, and Pharoah, voiced by Ralph Fiennes, positively seethes with arrogance and hubris. The storytellers wisely chose to end their tale at the climactic crossing of the Red Sea; even the delivery of the Ten Commandments is portrayed only in an epilogue vignette. (After all, the Israelites wander in the wilderness for forty years after that, and Moses ultimately is not allowed to enter the Promised Land--perhaps not the uplifting ending the filmmakers had in mind.) Some of the subject matter is dark and disturbing, and there is no shying away from the harsh realities of the original texts. By all means, see it with the children in your life--and be prepared to discuss it with them afterward.

The Prince of Egypt is a good attempt to bring the story of the Exodus to the screen in a fresh new way. The animation is quite good and many of the songs are enjoyable, if not quite up the level we have come to expect from the Big Dogs over at Disney. But then, this is not a Disney film, so there you go. Despite some rather pedestrian dialog and a few minor plot alterations, this film succeeds well enough to get a favorable review and multiple-viewings. If you are looking for a fun film that has some real heart and some great sequences, this is your movie, despite some reviews here-in that claim the film has done great injustices to the story. In particular, the review contributed by Emma (Angelfalls916) has missed the point of this movie. As with all films, the first desired effect is to entertain. And as entertainment, this movie is great. Sure there are nit-pickers out there who will look for the flaws, but all movies have mistakes. Just ignore them and enjoy the show. But if you are going to pick out the mistakes, then at least get them right. Emma states that she didn't like the scene depicting Ramses being thrown out of the sea. OK, but it is not as though anyone can say what really happened back there, right? Many Christians believe that Ramses died in the Red Sea, yet most historians and biblical scholars believe that the Ramses of the Exodus story is, in fact, Ramses the Second, who's mummy has been touring the world for the past few years, so he couldn't have died in the Red Sea. And for that matter, it wasn't the Red Sea, either. The Hebrews crossed the Reed Sea. And what about the mistaken translation of God's name (Ehyah-Asher-Ehyeh) as "I am that I am" when a more correct translation is "I will be what I will be". No one is complaining about those mistake. And before you go and blame Disney for making the mistake that have so upset you, Emma, I would like to remind you that this is NOT a Disney picture. As a person of Jewish heritage, I am more than pleased with the result of the film-maker's efforts, despite the film's flaws. I sincerely hope that you can look at this picture and see the entertaining and well-made product and not just a few mistakes.

Now I KNOW, it truly is a masterpiece. Moses; an important character for Jewish, Christians and Islam people. Atheists know who Moses is, if they believe it or not is irelvent. This story is universal. You dont have to br religious to know a good story, in this case a fantastic one.

This retelling of the first half of the book of Exodus does take a few creative liberties, but the tale and purpose are still cristal clear. The biggest difference being how he was raised and the relationship between Moses and Pharaoh. Something the film handles so well you kinda wish this relationship was on Exodus.

This is one of the best animated films of all time, from the visuals, to the voice acting, characters, story and soundtrack that rivaling of disney's best. This is a family movie that is not scared of being dark. (Blood, death of adults and children) Prince Of Egypt (1998) is a masterclass on how to portray religious media without being preachy or on the nose. If this movie makes you curious into learning about faith, great! If it doesnt, at least you can agree you saw a masterpiece in motion.

Hopefully this isnt the last masterpiece created based on biblical scripture. Biblical lore is huge and there are many many more stories waiting to be portrayed.

DreamWorks does The Ten Commandments. It's an adaptation of the Book of Exodus. The Queen finds a baby in a basket floating in the Nile and adopts him naming him Moses. Moses grows up along side Ramses as brothers and best of friends. However Moses' past would lead them on their separate paths. It builds to the climatic parting of the Red Sea and quickly ends with Moses coming down Mount Sinai with the Ten Commandments.

It's a good looking animated movie. The CG scenes give the animation an epic scale. It treats the material seriously. It is still animation but it keeps the needed adult themes. As for music, the songs are Broadway-like but none of them are memorable. Overall, this is a deserving rendition of the biblical tale.

The Prince Of Egypt is an extremely powerful movie. Amazing visual, score, story, music, characters, and everything else. You need to watch this movie. You will not regret it.

This film definitely displayed some visual innovation. Some of the effects were rather awe-inspiring. However, the movie didn't really deliver on other accounts.

The character animation left something to be desired for one. Elongated faces, shortened foreheads, stork thin legs - heck, Seti looked like a stork). Expressions seemed to exist largely of characters looking shocked and amazed and little else.

The choice of story is a bit odd and some of it doesn't make much sense to me. The Hebrew God didn't seem any less of a wrathful God to me than in the Old Testament and he seemed largely to be jerking Moses and the Hebrews around. I guess the story was a bit too un-secular for my tastes.

I couldn't dig the musical numbers at all. The tunes were forgettable and the lyrics were ridiculous. Ugh. Even the worst of the Disney songs don't approach the sheer awfulness of PoE's musical numbers.

The most annoying aspect of this movie was its pacing. Settings and situations were over-established, people looked at each other for long stretches and moments of grave import went on too long. One instance is just before Moses parts the Red Sea. I guess the thinking is since this is a big moment, it demands that Moses must pause dramatically and look around doubtfully. I can think of no other reason for his doing this. Still, the actual parting of the Sea was extremely well done.

Overall, to give this a Siskel/Ebert type rating, I give it a thumbs up for effects animation and thumbs down for character animation, music and pacing.

This movie stunned me when I first saw it, so I went and saw it again two days later. It's so beautiful, and it gives me so much to think and wonder about. I'm still thinking about it. I want to go and see it again. I may or may not do that. I realise that the reason I want to see it again is that it inspires a deep yearning in me for depth and beauty and purity and truth and love. Seeing it again will not satisfy this longing, but it will remind me that I have it. And that's good.

The Prince of Egypt uses the story of Moses as written in Exodus to serve as an epic backdrop. Sadly, it is used as the backdrop for a very mundane tale about a young man who doesn't quite fit in with his 'family' and rediscovers his roots. Leaving aside the impressive visual spectacle this is a film that has little more to say than the sitcom 'Different Strokes', and much less to say than Spike Lee's 'Do the Right Thing', about social circumstances and justice. And it virtually ignores religion - presumably for the sake of Middle East sales...

It must be said, though, that the vocal cast do a creditable job with a particularly polite, unconvincing and unsurprising script.

It is arguable that animation works best to represent events that cannot be reproduced naturally. Disney's doe-eyed characters work well because they are obviously unreal and can portray a range of distorted expressions to communicate mood. This film's more realistic human-like portrayals unfortunately limit the expressive range of the characters, so for some of the more intimate scenes (such as Moses' first adult encounter with Miriam) the viewer is left staring at an unmoving cartoon human head with little or no nuance of emotion. Such stories are best told with live actors, especially when the music is little help.

The film is, to be sure, mighty impressive when it works. Barring one or two shortcuts the art direction is excellent. Key scenes such as the hieroglyphic dream sequence, the parting of the Red Sea and the death of the firstborn are handled as well as anyone could hope to expect, and the crew deserve merit for these great achievements. Strangely though, they have chosen to take glaring computer animation shortcuts in odd places and the clash of computer precision with cell animation fuzziness is sometimes painful (as it is in recent Disney products).

Unfortunately, the well-placed symbolism and visual opulence have to provide nearly all the entertainment because, with the exception of the Court Priest's song-and-dance routine, the music is tedious and the lyrics banal.

The Prince of Egypt is, I think, worth watching for its merits - which are entirely visual. This is not the film to shake Disney's world, but DreamWorks certainly have potential in spades.

I would have quite enjoyed this movie, as it's very well executed, with the fantastic storyline that animated movies of this kind should have, if the creators of the movie hadn't put that ridiculously pretentious text at the beginning of it, telling me that I had to believe that all of this actually happened!

It's scary to me that not only do these people apparently believe that God murdered tens of thousands of innocent people so that the hebrews could go free (to name just one of the incredibly cruel and vengeful acts that seem so incredibly human), but they also don't appear to see any problem with that!

A scene with hebrews singing triumphantly in the streets follows directly a scene in which an innocent child is struck dead, and the movie is full of moments like these. It's really incredible that someone would make a movie like this in the nineties...

As the author of THE WORLD OF ANIMATION, an Eastman Kodak book which won three international book festival awards and as an animation writer-director, I have for many years longed for the U.S. animation industry to remember that Walt Disney, nor any of the pioneers of animation limited their art to children's audiences.

With THE PRINCE OF EGYPT, the DreamWorks animation team has finally taken us full circle and helped the United States join the rest of the world in offering us the first U.S. animated feature since, perhaps, FANTASIA, created for mature audiences while remaining child-friendly. If you aspire to art in any form, and/or specifically love line art and graphics as I do, you must not miss seeing this film on the big screen. I applaud DreamWorks for this triumph in graphic excellence.

Two brief critiques: First, the choice of story. The story is based on Exodus from the Old Testament (and other Scripture) which is scanty, to say the least. Although the studio made an effort to flesh out the story with the Ramses/Moses relationship there is simply not enough meat to go around. This opinion is debatable, a very minor aspect and only my view as a story teller. At the bottom line the overall work is so extraordinary any possible lack in literacy is more than made up for in the visual mounting and production of the film, something which is nothing less than inspiring.

The other criticism is in the highly questionable use of "name" voices for casting, a puzzling development since there is no meaningful box office data supporting it. This practice is known to conflict the viewer psychologically as the drawn images begin to do battle with the ones in the audience memory with the cerebral bridge of highly recognizable photo images of known voices. Walt Disney knew this quite well and avoided it. Indeed, he used the voice of a complete unknown for Snow White, Adriana Caselotti, (who passed away in 1997). Disney was careful to avoid the existing Hollywood queens of song of the period, Judy Garland and Deanna Durbin, the latter, whose prodigious vocal talent actually saved Universal Pictures from going belly up a short time later.

However, at the bottom line, THE PRINCE OF EGYPT will become a true classic and has taken the art of animation up to a new threshold, a model to which future animators will aspire.

Raul daSilva, New Haven, CT, USA

Some animated features seem to turn good actors into over-actors. I suppose it has to do with them assuming since we can't see -their- faces, they need to put extra emotion into their voices. Prince of Egypt is not one of these animated features.

There was one tiny thing that kept throwing me out of the movie. I kept thinking, 'Why are Rameses and Seti British?'. I love both Patrick Stewart and Ralph Fiennes, but it seemed odd. Mostly it was Seti that I was thrown out by. Ralph Fiennes' accent wasn't as strong as Stewarts.

Some of the music was really annoying and I was worried during the first 10 minutes that it might be nothing but music. I thought the animation was well done. I was most impressed by a scene near the end where Rameses was shouting 'Moses'.