Fresh
Just about everything in this lavish, animated feature is for the pigtail set.
Laura Shapiro, Newsweek
Pocahontas
An American legend comes to life.
1995 · 1h 21m · G
Adventure, Animation, Family, Romance
Directed by
Mike Gabriel
,
Eric Goldberg
Overview
Pocahontas, daughter of a Native American tribe chief, falls in love with an English soldier as colonists invade 17th century Virginia.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
58%
Tomatometer
Fresh
[A] handsome, deeply felt, even more deeply reverent animated musical.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
Fresh
Overall this seems like a reasonable stab at an impossible agenda.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten
All Disney has really done in its disappointing 33rd animated feature is revive the stereotype of the Noble Savage.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
Fresh
The Disney artists have created a vivid palette for the picture.
Jeremy Gerard, Variety
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