Perhaps the only bad Disney animated movie I've seen

Rating: Null/10 (12 August 2002)

The only redeeming elements are the standard gorgeous scenery and character animation (at least concerning the titular character) but everything else is so...blah. It seems the cute little animal sidekicks are there just for the sake of being cute and funny (there was absolutely no reason for that dog to even be in the movie. So he starts out as the bad guy's pet but then befriends the raccoon - who cares?) Considering the deep subject matter, the cute animals come off more as "cutesy" than cute.
Considering the subject matter, why did they even tackle it at all if they're going to put a heavy sugar coating on it? I can't fathom taking a heavy historical subject and basically making an idyllic fairy tale of it. Oh well.
Anyway, a few other things that bothered me: 1) language barrier apparently not a problem (I think it's supposed to be inferred that Pocahontas "magically" learns to speak English - oh brother) and 2)Tom, the kid with the hat tells Pocahontas that John, after being wounded, has to go back to England because he has no chance in America - what do they have in England that can heal a musket wound that they don't have in America? This movie is such a crock.