El Dorado is the mythical lost city of gold, and The Road To El Dorado is an animated version of the endless search for treasure. While fleeing an angry mob of fleeced locals, the wisecracking duo wind up stowing away on a ship bound for the fabled land of El Dorado. They have a map and a trusty steed. They are shipwrecked. They get to El Dorado anyway.
Gold is everywhere in the secret kingdom.
The natives, however, believe the duo to be gods, and implore them to stay a while and perform a few miracles. The other guy falls in love with the simple lifestyle of the place and wants to stay in El Dorado forever. Both men have the chance to go up against the bad guys and show that they are true heroes before the tale is told out. Despite advance reports that the movie is too risque or too brutal for kids to look at, it is in fact lacking in the splashy adventure stuff that keeps children amused. The narrative drags in spots, and in other places it is over the heads of the viewers for whom the tale was intended.