Movies starring Voices
Let me start by saying that Hercules, Walt Disney Pictures' 35th animated feature, makes for good family entertainment. Good, not great. While this film is capable of providing a ninety minute diversion for both kids and adults, it's a far cr...
U.S. Release Date: 1997-06-20
MPAA Rating: "G" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Ron Clements and John Musker
Cast: (voices) Tate Donovan, Bobcat Goldthwait, Samantha Eggar, ...
Not since Reese Witherspoon figuratively donned the red cloak in Freeway has there been a fresh take on the story of "Little Red Riding Hood." With Hoodwinked, the production team has made an attempt to change that, although the end result is more...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-01-13
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Cory Edwards
Cast: (voices) Anne Hathaway, Clenn Close, Patrick Warburton, ...
Admittedly, it's been about 35 years since I was reader of Dr. Seuss, but my memories of his books are that they're short and economical with words. Neither of those descriptions applies to this theatrical version of Horton Hears a Who!, which has...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-03-14
MPAA Rating: "G" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Jimmy Hayward, Steve Martino
Cast: (voices) Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Carol Burnett, ...
Not since Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein have the great Universal monsters been subjected to such dismal treatment. Okay, maybe Van Helsing was a greater embarrassment. Hotel Transylvania is an animated monster movie for older kids (in the ...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-09-28
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
Cast: (voices) Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, ...
Seen in standard digital 3-D. When Dreamworks released Shrek in 2001, it appeared the company was ready to challenge Disney/Pixar in the family film arena. Since then, however, Dreamworks' animated efforts have been made more with kids in mind ...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-03-26
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois
Cast: (voices) Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Gerard Butler, ...
It's an axiom of the filmmaking industry that any time an animated movie shows a profit, it instantly becomes the foundation for a franchise. Unfortunately, when money drives creative decisions, it's like the cart pulling the horse. Take away the f...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-06-13
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Dean DeBlois
Cast: (voices) Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, ...
Now that Disney has joined Fox and Dreamworks in abandoning traditional animation for that of the 3-D computer generated variety, hand-drawn animation has become an endangered species (although, given the cyclical nature of this sort of thing, it wil...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-06-10
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Cast: (voices) Emily Mortimer, Jean Simmons, Christian Bale, ...
Out of respect for the stunning visuals and family entertainment value of Disney's 34th animated feature, I can do no less than recommend The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Sadly, however, this is the least-enjoyable animated feature to come from th...
U.S. Release Date: 1996-06-21
MPAA Rating: "G" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise
Cast: (voices) Tom Hulce, Tony Jay, Demi Moore, ...
Hats off to 20th Century Fox. Through a marketing campaign which can be considered nothing less than astonishing, the studio has managed to convert Ice Age from an adequate (but hardly superlative) example of family entertainment into one of 2002'...
U.S. Release Date: 2002-03-15
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Chris Wedge
Cast: (voices) Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary
With the Ice Age movies, you get what you expect. This is the fourth installment of a franchise that has been around since 2002. (In this case, it was decided against recasting all the voices and re-telling the first story with only a few cosmetic ...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-07-13
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Steve Martino, Michael Thurmeier
Cast: (voices) Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, ...