One opposable thumb down. Disney breaks with its own traditions with this lushly animated retelling of Edgar Rice Burroughs's famous tale of an Englishman raised by apes: It's wildly kinetic, overtly violent and hardly a musical at all. In fact, the most "Disney"
thing about it is the blockheaded choice of source material. There are no Africans in this Africa, but there is a colony of anthropomorphic apes who happen to speak English (at least to one another), live in social groups and love their children — not unlike their European counterparts. Soon
after her baby is devoured by a leopard, gentle gorilla Kala (voiced by Glenn Close) happens upon the blood-sme...
Released:
1999
Rated:
G
Length:
88 mins