Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1995) (V)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Tad Stones

Writers:

Mark McCorkle (screenplay)
Robert Schooley (screenplay)

Release Date:

13 August 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical

Plot:

At long last, Aladdin is about to marry the Princess Jasmine. Despite the presence and encouragement of his friends Genie...

Plot Keywords:

Wedding | Genie | Princess | Reference To Madonna | Bird

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Robin Williams	...	Genie (voice)
Scott Weinger	...	Aladdin (voice)
Linda Larkin	...	Princess Jasmine (voice)
John Rhys-Davies	...	The King of Thieves / Cassim (voice)
Gilbert Gottfried	...	Iago the Parrot (voice)
Jerry Orbach	...	Sa'luk (voice)
Val Bettin	...	Sultan of Agrabah (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Abu the Monkey (voice)
Jeff Bennett	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jim Cummings	...	Razoul the Chief Guard (voice)
Corey Burton	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jess Harnell	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Clyde Kusatsu	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Rob Paulsen	...	Additional Voices (voice)
CCH Pounder	...	The Magic Oracle (voice)

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Portugal:M/6 | South Korea:All | Australia:G | Denmark:A | Germany:6 | Iceland:L | Singapore:G | Spain:T | UK:U | USA:Unrated

Company:

Walt Disney Television Animation

Trivia:

Among the Genie's many transformations is an old, grandmotherly woman, clearly meant to be "Mrs. Doubtfire" a character played by Robin Williams in the film of the same title, Mrs. Doubtfire (1993). The character originated as "'Andy Kaufman''s Grandmother" at his famous Carnegie Hall Show and was adapted for the movie.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When guests are arriving for the wedding, the Genie looks at the crowd and says, "Oh, look, there's Osiris. Oh, Osiris! Osiris, can we get a word with you?" The character that turns around is not Osiris - it is Horus, Osiris's son in Egyptian mythology.

Quotes:

Aladdin: Well, they have no where to go. We got 'em trapped.
Iago: *We*? They are 40 thieves! We are you, a rug, a monkey and me. Wait, don't count me.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Ten Commandments (1956)

Soundtrack:

Are You In or Out?

Good enough to watch, but not my favorite Disney sequel

I know that a lot of people had preferred Aladdin and the King of Thieves over The Return of Jafar, but honestly I thought it was a notch lower. Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy this movie but it was just an alright story. One thing that I really did love about it though is that we do have the original cast back and the animation was really lovely. The problem I had though is that at this time we did have the Aladdin animated series, which was awesome to watch, but this felt like a story that they could have just done on the TV show. Aladdin finally gets to meet his father, but of course this wasn't exactly what he was expecting, maybe he was expecting a Ward Cleaver type of guy, but hey, this is Aladdin after all.

Aladdin knows his future is being married to Jasmine but can't remember most of his past. But he remembers that his mother died when he was a child and he never knew his father. The oracle, however, reveals that his father is actually still alive. Aladdin chooses his question and asks about his father's whereabouts. The oracle reveals that his father is with the Forty Thieves, trapped in their world. Believing him to be their prisoner, Aladdin tracks them down and stows away into their hideout. He is shocked to find that his father is not their prisoner at all, but their leader: Cassim, the King of Thieves. But, family or not, Aladdin has trespassed in their lair and Sa'luk, Cassim's irate right-hand man is eager to have him punished for it. Cassim, however, suggests that Aladdin instead face "the Challenge" - an initiation ritual - where he must defeat another one of the Forty Thieves and take his place. Sa'luk volunteers to fight Aladdin. The two engage one another in a fierce battle which ends with Sa'luk falling into the ocean. Afterwards, this gains Aladdin a place among the Forty Thieves. Sa'luk however, has survived the fall, and makes his own plans for revenge against both Aladdin and Cassim. Aladdin and Cassim bond, and it is then that Aladdin learns the true motives behind the raid and his father's leave of absence from his family: he had discovered evidence of the existence of the Hand of Midas, a powerful artifact that can transform anything it touches into solid gold. Cassim believed that, with the Hand, he could return to his family and give them the life they deserved instead of one living out in the streets, and had instigated the raid so he could capture the oracle's staff so he might question the seer as to the precise whereabouts of the artifact. Only, Aladdin had stopped him. Aladdin convinces Cassim to come back with him to the Palace as his guest and, for a while, he is happy to spend quality time with his son. Cassim meets with Jasmine, Genie and the Sultan, and they immediately take a liking to Aladdin's father. But Cassim may still be up to his old tricks as Aladdin still tries to fill the relationship that he never had with his father.

So is Aladdin and the King of Thieves worth the watch? Yeah, I did enjoy this movie over all, it's a lot of fun and it was cool to have Robin Williams bring life back into the genie. The animation was really great and I loved seeing the action sequences between Aladdin and his father. The effects that the animators put into this movie was great and very entertaining. Then on top of that, Aladdin and Jasmine are finally getting married! They invited you to come along as well! Well over all I do recommend that if you're looking for a cute family film, this is a good one, I just preferred Return of Jafar a little more, but it's all good, this was still a worthy sequel and a good finish to the story of Aladdin.

6/10