The Lion King
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: July 19, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 54 Critic Reviews
Positive:
20
Mixed:
29
Negative:
5
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38
ObserverOliver JonesJul 12, 2019
The best of what The Lion King offers is a somewhat technically up-to-date and generally well-voiced reworking of the familiar, but nothing surprising or vital. There is certainly nothing in the least bit urgent about director Jon Favreau’s new telling. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsJul 11, 2019
The new music helps, a little. But the movie is a karaoke act, re-creating the original movie’s story beats beat-by-beat-by-beat. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Jul 11, 2019
Ultimately, only Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen, as slacker sidekicks Timon and Pumbaa, make much of an impression; their funny, possibly ad-libbed banter feels both fresh and true to the spirit of the characters—the perfect remake recipe. Just don’t look too hard at their character designs. They’re realistic, hideously. Read full review
25
IndieWireDavid EhrlichJul 11, 2019
It’s the work of a studio that’s gobbled up the rest of the film industry and is still hungry for more. The Lion King feels less like a remake than a snuff film, and a boring one at that. Read full review
25
Slant MagazinePat BrownJul 11, 2019
There’s something very cheap at the core of this overtly, ostentatiously expensive film, reliant as it is on our memory of the original to accentuate every significant moment. Read full review
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