The Blue Genie

Rating: 7/10 (22 August 2014)

Two decades on and the animation looks nothing special, the story is rather so-so with the typical Disney flourishes but the Robin Williams voiced Genie is still infectious and makes the movie stand out.
Williams is the heart and soul of this film, his free wheeling manner with rapid fire patter and impressions provided a new benchmark for guest star vocals in cartoons. You almost feel that Williams was ad libbing.
The songs with 'A friend like me' and 'A whole new world' are endlessly hummable, the film has enough pizazz with despicable villains, animal or bird sidekicks but it reaches a higher gear whenever the genie turns up.
Its nice to know Aladdin will in the future enchant a new generation of kids and these kids will hear the hilarity of Robin Williams humour through his characterisation of the genie.