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www.filmcritic.com - : Disney’s version of Aladdin and his magic lamp is one of its best animated features — or features, period — with terrific songs and gorgeous colors, thrilling action sequences and big laughs. It doesn’t have the classical emotional weight of Beauty and the Beast, which came out a year earlier, but it’s one of the only Disney films to break out of that nebulous “family” genre and function as a genuine comedy/adventure. more...
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www.washingtonpost.com - : Based on the centuries-old folk tale popularized in ''A Thousand and One Nights,'' ''Aladdin'' is set in the mythical kingdom of Agrabah, presided over by the bumbling, benevolent Sultan (Douglas Seale). Anxious to find a son-in-law for his daughter Jasmine (Linda Larkin) and heir, the old man has invited suitors from near and afar. But Jasmine, who seems to have stepped out of the 1990s, resents this family glass ceiling. more...
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movie-reviews.colossus.net - : One wonders what Disney is going to come up with next, and whether they'll be able to continue at the high level of quality attained by their recent batch of films. 1989's The Little Mermaid is nothing short of delightful, and Beauty and the Beast, the studio's 1991 animated entry, is perhaps the finest animated film ever made. Now, with the advent of 1992's Fall holiday season, Disney has unveiled their latest, Aladdin, an extremely loose adaptation of the Arabian Nights fable about the boy who found a genie in a bottle. And, although more openly comical than either Beauty or The Little Mermaid, Aladdin maintains the high standards set by its immediate predecessors. more...
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