This adaptation is respectful... yet better!... than the animated original

Rating: 10/10 (26 May 2019)

I grew up with the original and absolutely hammered my VHS copy to death. Like many I saw the first trailer and was braced for disappointment. However it never came... this movie is funny, warm, gorgeous to look at, sincere, exciting and romantic in all the ways a Classic Disney movie should be. Will Smith steps into a role where it would be so easy for him to fail under the weight of the original, but he owns it and makes it his own yet with respect to Robin Williams' original performance. I cannot wait to see this again and again.