Pocahontas (1995)
Genre: Animation / Drama
Duration: 81 minuten / 84 minuten (10th Anniversary edition)
Country:
United States
Directed by: Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg
Stars: Irene Bedard, Mel Gibson and Linda Hunt
IMDb score:
6,7 (220.955)
Releasedate: 16 June 1995
Pocahontas plot
"An American legend comes to life."
Pocahontas, an Indian girl, lives with her people in what would later become America. One day an English ship comes looking for gold. Pocahontas and her tribe are hiding, but Pocahontas is seen anyway. She is introduced to a white man (John Smith) while her tribe hates strangers. A friendship blossoms. When they are seen together, this is the start of several problems.
Actors and actresses
Pocahontas (voice)
John Smith (voice)
Governor Ratcliffe (voice)
Meeko (voice)
Thomas (voice)
Pocahontas (singing voice)
Ben (voice)
Flit (voice)
Powhatan (voice)
Grandmother Willow (voice)
Reviews & comments
IH88
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- 9903 messages
- 3205 votes
“You have the most unusual names here. Chechomony, Kuyukanhoic, Pocahontas.”
“You have a most unusual name too. John Smith.”
Solid animation film about Pocahontas. I do have the feeling that there could have been more in it, because the focus is very much on the uninteresting love story between Pocahontas and John Smith. That while the battle between the English and the Indians is more interesting, but that storyline comes off poorly. The music isn't too special either, with the exception of the catchy 'Colors of the Wind'. By the way, this is a movie that I would like to see a live-action movie made of.
Translated from Dutch · View original
Ebenezer Scrooge
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- 2150 messages
- 3092 votes
Captain Smith and Pocahontas had a very mad affair. When her daddy tried to kill him she said: 'Daddy oh don't you dare, he gives me fever...'
It doesn't want to be as sensual and exotic as in Peggy Lee's 1958 hit Fever in Disney's 33rd animated film. By the way, it would have been groundbreaking: an erotic scene with Pocohantos and Captain Smith (voice Mel Gibson!).
Pocahontas is definitely not one of my favorite Disney cartoons. After the epic The Lion King, expectations were high, but Disney did not live up to them. I'm not so devastated by the way of drawing and although they have won awards, the songs sound way too sweet to my ears. I had it set to Dutch and then a white voice like that of Pia Douwes sounds very out of place. The raccoon is very cute.
Incidentally, Pocahontas is the first Disney film in which two people from different ethnic backgrounds fall in love with each other.
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arno74
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- 8700 messages
- 3342 votes
Lesser Disney. The story is way too heavy, mature, boring and serious for a fun Disney animation. The funny animals that have been added to it as compensation can do little to change that. This would have worked better as an adult romantic live-action drama rather than animation. In terms of songs, only Colors Of The Wind stands out, the rest are also less. Technically it is very solid, which does not mean that it is also very beautiful, but the way the story is presented (serious and mature) it clashes terribly with the expectations one has of a Disney animation. And despite its brevity, it felt long-winded. 2*
Translated from Dutch · View originalPre- and sequels
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
1998
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