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| Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: December 20, 2024 |
Starring:
Aaron Pierre, Beyoncé Knowles, Billy Eichner, Blue Ivy Carter, Donald Glover, John Kani, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Mads Mikkelsen, Seth Rogen, Thandiwe Newton
Summary:
Director:
Barry Jenkins
Genre(s):
Adventure, Drama, Animation, Family, Musical
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The Times
Dec 17, 2024
Here the Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) dives truly deep for a tale of orphanhood, family conflict and the reluctant fight for a throne. It’s often thrilling to watch a film featuring only anthropomorphic animals where the central characters are more rounded than most of their human counterparts at the mainstream multiplex (yes, that means you, Gladiator II).
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Dec 17, 2024
With “Mufasa,” the visuals are screen-popping and glorious and stunning to behold — but yes, you either go with the idea of these realistically rendered lions dialoguing in English and occasionally bursting into Broadway-esque tunes, or you don’t. If it’s not your bag, nothing that happens here is going to change your viewpoint.
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Dec 17, 2024
Working from a script by Jeff Nathanson, Jenkins, who got his filmmaking start in San Francisco and directed the best picture-winning “Moonlight” (2016), efficiently tells a simple story very well, although his style isn’t that much different from that of Jon Favreau, who directed the first computer-animated film.
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