Prince of Egypt Movie Review 1998

First animated musical from Dreamworks manages to tell the story of the Exodus without turning it into Mickey Moses. Kilmer voices the young Moses, who is adopted by the royal family: imperious pharaoh Seti (Stewart), his stately Queen (Mirren) and jockish son Rameses (Fiennes). Happily wed to Tzipporah (Pfeiffer), he's living it up at the dawn of civilization until a chance meeting with his real sister Miriam (Bullock) twists his conscience and destiny. Steve Martin and Martin Short provide a short comic break, but overall the joking is kept to a minimum. Successful in combining epic feeling with stylized animation.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 93 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Animated Musicals, Religious Epics, Egypt--Ancient, Adapted from the Bible, Dreamworks Animated Movies

Director

Simon Wells, Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner

Music

Hans Zimmer

Other

Val Kilmer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helen Mirren, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Ralph Fiennes, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Goldblum, Danny Glover, Patrick Stewart, Ofra Haza, James Avery, Eden Riegel

Awards

Oscars 1998: Song ("When You Believe"); Broadcast Film Critics 1998: Song ("When You Believe").