Wretched Music and Plot

Rating: Null/10 (30 September 1999)

Two of the key ingredients of a good Disney movie are a good musical score and villain. Both are completely lacking here. Most songs are painful to listen to and don't work together to create a cohesive sound for the film (ie. the tribal beats of Lion King or the more tropical feel of The Little Mermaid). Only Reflection lives up to the Disney standard. In fact, the only song that has a distinctly Asian flavor is the worst of the bunch. And then we have our villain - who does nothing but glare and grunt. Not quite as appealing as Scar or Ursula or Maleficent or any of the wonderful Disney villains. Sure the film has a great message but I've seen better films with the very same one. It certainly isn't better than The Lion King. Maybe if they played it straight without the cheesy songs it may have been better or at least better-written ones with a more exotic sound befitting the locale.