THIS MOVIE IS EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The very definition of an epic fantasy told through Biblical roots. I'm Jewish and this film really stood out as one of my favorite animated movies to this day. I wish there would be more movies like this, especially ones that represent Jews in a positive light. I could bore you guys all day with everything that is right about this movie but i'm just gonna stick to pros and cons.
FIRST THE PROS
1. The Prince Of Egypt has stunning visual effects and a stellar and tight voice cast including Val Kilmer and Michelle Pfifer and Ralph Finnes
2. The Prince Of Egypt has amazing music from Stephen Schwartz who also wrote the songs for The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (perhaps you've heard of it?)
3. The Prince Of Egypt has amazing songs that are akin to Broadway, Yeah freaking Broadway!!!!
BUT WITH EVERY MOVIE COMES THE CONS SO HERE THEY ARE
1. The Prince Of Egypt is filled with historical inaccuracies, although they mention to the viewers at the beginning that the movie is not historically inaccurate it's just sad that they have to change a lot about these events to fit a Broadway musical.
2. The Prince Of Egypt also has adult themes and ideas. Like for example, the whole Jews being kept into slavery thing. Many other scenes for me are hard to watch like when Moshe (what we Jews call in Hebrew, Moses) is drifted away from his mom in a basket.I could bore you again with all the heavy content this movie gets away with, but I'll lay it down nicely, the directors of The Prince Of Egypt purposely made this more for adults. So warning don't watch this movie with sensitive kids.
3. The Prince Of Egypt is filled with violence (like the slavery scene at the beginning of the film and the plague of Dam (Hebrew for Blood.) The movie is also stuck in the mud with another problem, an unclear demographic. At some points in the movie it seems like it's for kids but at other times it seems like adult territory. But like I said before DON"T BE FOOLED, just because the movie is animated doesn't mean it's for kids. There are a lot of triggering and traumatic sequences in this movie and it minds mature audiences.
All in all it's a wonderful movie filled with great music, multi-dimensional characters, and a great story. But the reason it's seriously underrated is because of it's violence, disturbing content matter and adult subject matter.
But the Prince Of Egypt can be enjoyed by adults and older kids alike whether you're Jewish or not. Just make sure your younger kids are ready for this one.