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Cast (voices
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Tulio (Kevin Kline)
Miguel (Kenneth Branagh)
Tzekel-Kan (Armand Assante)
Chief (Edward James Olmos)
Chel (Rosie Perez)
Directed by Don Paul and Eric Bergerson Written by Ted Elliott
and Terry Rossio
Rated PG for mild thematic material and language Running Time:
89 minutes Distributed by Dreamworks SKG
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The
Road to El Dorado is an enjoyable and very funny animated
family film. Tulio (Kline) and Miguel (Branagh), a pair of
con men, believe that they have found their path to fortune
and glory when they win a map to El Dorado, the legendary
lost City of Gold. There is only one problem, they've wound
up locked in the brig on a ship of the Spanish explorer Cortes.
After a daring escape, the two manage to stumble onto El Dorado
only to find that their troubles are just beginning.
The
Road to El Dorado is a fun movie for everybody. It has a classic
story about dreams and friendship blended with hilarious comedy.
The script by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio is very adequate
for all audiences. The film also has characters that are animals,
like in every animated film. However, Elliott and Rossio chose
to have the animals to become recognizable characters by their
actions, not by having them talk. I thought that this decision
worked very well in the development of certain characters
in the film.
Kevin
Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Edward James Olmos, Armand Assante
and Rosie Perez lend their voices to give life to the animated
characters in The Road to El Dorado. I saw it mostly with
the Rosie Perez character, but I believe that the artists
of this film also drew the character's facial structures to
resemble the actors who are giving their voice.
Songwriter
Tim Rice and rocker Elton John team up again to provide the
songs for The Road to El Dorado. Rice and John were the team
that developed the outstanding music for Disney's The Lion
King, in which still stands as Rice and John's best collaboration.
Also the musical score by Hans Zimmer is very effective and
enduring for the adventure feeling of this film.
The
animation in The Road to El Dorado is brilliant. It just seems
that the animators at Dreamworks and Disney never fail to
amaze me with their creative, talented and expressive animation.
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