1997 · animation · family
Hercules
Directed by Ron Clements, John Musker1h 33m1997
Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus. Along with his friends Pegasus, a flying horse, and Phil, a personal trainer, Hercules is tricked by the hilarious, hotheaded villain Hades, who's plotting to take over Mount Olympus!
Our read: Hercules (1997) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded animation · family entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle animation / family, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- cosy
- brisk
- redemptive
- tender
- funny
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How Hercules feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want colorful Disney energy, Greek myth jokes, and big gospel numbers.”
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