DreamWorks' latest attempt to out-animate Disney is an often spectacular but ultimately rather tedious musical/adventure/comedy, a cross between THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING and an old Hope and Crosby picture — the "road" in the title is probably no
accident. The plot, as you might expect, is standard buddy-buddy stuff. Two-bit con men Tulio (voiced by Kevin Kline) and Miguel (Kenneth Branagh) win a map to the titular lost City of Gold and then get locked in the brig on a ship of the wicked Spanish explorer Cortes. Escaping by longboat and
accompanied by Altivo, a horse with killer comic timing, the pair ultimately stumble into El Dorado, where they're welcomed a...
Released:
2000
Rated:
PG
Length:
87 mins