Entertaining throughout.

Rating: 9/10 (26 June 1999)

I thought the movie was good, and it was interesting and entertaining throughout. The voices are good, the animation is marvelous(especially the action scenes), and the characters of Anne, Tarzan, Kala were well developed. The only failure in the movie was the music. Phil Collins songs were upbeat and some were quite good, but Anne and Tarzan do not sing a single note in the entire film. It was just Phil Collins as a narrative voice and I was a little repulsed at first. The movie is not as sad as The Lion King's moments and probably would not make people cry, but it does come in touch with children's themes and characters, unlike the very adult themed Hunchback. There was less side kicks in the film which was a plus, the villian was not as cartoon like as Jafar, and he reminded of the greedy realistic villian of Pocahontas(not as appealing). I was amused at a comment that usually all the villians die by falling and this movie adds a new twist to that aspect. Overall entertaining film, more appealing to children and much better than Mulan. I'd recommend.