October 19, 2011

The Emperor's New Groove



Data
Title: The Emperor's New Groove
Year: 2000
Length: 78 minutes
Director: Mark Dindal
Writer: David Reynolds; story by Chris Williams, Mark Dindal, Roger Allers & Matthew Jacobs, with Stephen J. Anderson, Don Hall & John Norton
Starring: David Spade, John Goodman
With: Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton, Wendie Malick, Kellyann Kelso, Stephen J. Anderson, Eli Russell Linnetz
Music: John Debney (score); Sting & David Hartley (songs)
Cinematography: Thomas Baker
Editing: Tom Finan, Pam Ziegenhagen
Oscars: nominated for Best Song ("My Funny Friend and Me")
I saw it: in the theater, 2000; on video many times, most recently a couple days ago (have on DVD)
Synopsis: a selfish emperor is turned into a llama

My reaction
Concept: 3/4 (Good)
Story: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Characters: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Dialog: 4/4 (Great)
Pacing: 4/4 (Great)
Cinematography: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Special effects/design: 3/4 (Good)
Acting: 3/4 (Good)
Music: 3/4 (Good)
Subjective Rating: 7/10 (Good, 3/4). Not exactly deep, but it's hilarious. Every time I watch it I'm surprised to find it doesn't get old.
Objective Rating (Average): 2.9/4 (Good)

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