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Overview

User Rating:
6.3/10   14,051 votes
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Writers:
Tab Murphy (screenplay)
Tab Murphy (story)
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Release Date:
15 June 2001 (USA) more
Tagline:
Go somewhere really different this year.... more
Plot:
A young adventurer named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 12 nominations more
User Comments:
Well, I liked it! more (241 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Atlantis (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for action violence.
Runtime:
95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Company:
Toon City more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Tommy Lee Jones, Jack Davenport, and Kurt Russell were considered for the role of Commander Rourke. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the beginning where Milo is leaving the basement to go up for his meeting, he picks up all his maps, and has them under one arm, but then when he picks up the picture of his grandfather, his hands are completely free, arms empty. more
Quotes:
Audrey: [about an Atlantean] Wow. Look at all those tattoos.
Cookie: Shoot. That ain't nothin'. Look here what I got.
[lifts up shirt, grossing Audrey out]
Cookie: All 38 United States. Watch me make Rhode Island dance.
[wiggles his belly]
Cookie: Go on, baby, dance. Dance.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "House of Mouse: House of Scrooge (#3.5)" (2002) more
Soundtrack:
Where the Dream Takes You more

FAQ

What are those odd-looking fish in Whitmore's aquarium?
What happened to the Atlantean King's eyes?
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15 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
Well, I liked it!, 14 February 2002
7/10
Author: La Gremlin from Boston, MA

Here's what I knew about "Atlantis" before watching it:

* - It's officially Disney's first animated sci-fi adventure. I'm not sure how accurate that is (I like to nitpick) but it made me curious first time I heard it described.

* - The preview looked, for the most part, damn cool. Evidently, it was also "too cryptic" according to some critics after the fact.

* - It apparently did SO badly that Disney said, "Screw it, let's re-release 'Spy Kids'".

So, with all that said, how is the movie?

Hella-cool.

I'm a sucker for animated fantasy that involves stirring music and rampant special effects anyway, but "Atlantis" goes all out. It's a throwback to all the CGI eye-candy shots in "Beauty and the Beast" and "Aladdin", so much so that it's almost an effects animator's Best-Of Show. The characters maybe aren't that memorable (except, perhaps, for the ship's medical officer), and the plot's a little dull, but this isn't a movie you watch for the plot.

Here's a controversy that bothers me. The "failure" (as in, it "only" took in, like, five-hundred-million or something; I know animators who'd kill to see fifteen bucks of that) of this movie compared to the popularity of "Shrek" and "Monsters Inc." has been seen as evidence of the death of traditional animation. I don't think that's true. How do you account for the "South Park" movie? What about "Final Fantasy"? Really, the story and the artistry is everything, not the method. I don't know what Disney's comeback movie will be like, but I don't think they're out of the picture yet.

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