John Musker

Acting (Voice): 4.5; Theme: 4.0; Content: 4.5; Language: 5.0; Overall: 4.0

While traveling the streets of Agrabah, seeking his next meal, Aladdin meets a beautiful Princess named Jasmine and falls in love. He also finds a magical lamp whose genie allows him three wishes. However, he meets his match with the evil Jafar along the way, which makes for a great adventure. Recommend.

***November 20, 2023***

A Sherlock Holmes mouse vs. a Vincent Price rat.

3/4 (Good).

Maybe my standards have been lowered by all the bad Disney movies we've been watching lately, but I found this to be fairly charming, and even a little suspenseful.

A gorgeous looking film that retains the Disney charm and humour and does a splendid job with the key Silver/Hawkins relationship from the novel, but is missing the little extra on the plot front to make it truly memorable. It thus falls short of the top echelon of Disney animated classics, but that is a very high bar to clear -- this film is well worth your time even so.

I missed this film when it first came out so it was great to finally see it on TV. Feeling sad because of a loss, it was entertaining and cheerful enough to make me feel a little better.