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The Emperors New Groove
Arrogant young Emperor Kuzco will get what he wants when he wants it, but he was betrayed by his power-hungry advisor and her spell turned him into an Ilama wondering about the wilderness. Will he regain back his throne before she finishes him off?
24 October 1955, Los Angeles, California, USA
3 February 1925, Platteville, Wisconsin, USA
14 November 1964, Paterson, New Jersey, USA
28 July 1951, Mobile, Alabama, USA
18 June 1952, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
20 November 1951, Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA
19 June 1946, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
16 December 1945, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3 October 1942, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
August 07, 2008
The arc of the story may be predictable, but it's balanced out by some marvelously unpredictable flashes of visual comedy, all very much in the style of Chuck Jones in his prime.
December 15, 2000
Funky, funny and free of ersatz Broadway cheese.
June 24, 2006
This Disney comedy makes a self-conscious and largely successful attempt to modernise the studio's format with a jive-ass sensibility.
September 08, 2008
Groove boasts some innovative tricks and sharp performances. Oh, and not too many songs. Phew.
December 06, 2009
[The] lightest and wackiest of all Disney features.
August 03, 2010
More fun, goofy cartoon antics than Disney polish.
September 08, 2008
Emperor doesn't aim too high or strain too hard; it is at ease inhabiting its pretty, miniature realm.
April 29, 2009
A lot of fluff that never amounts to a good film.
March 31, 2008
The unfussy, tossed-off quality actually helps give this original story zippy irreverence some of Disney's plusher cartoons lack.
April 05, 2002
Will the kids buy it? You bet they will.
November 16, 2009
Ingenious action sequences driven by surprisingly little plot lead to a climax full of the transmogrification animation was invented for.
March 30, 2016
The Emperor's New Groove is a little sassier, a little hipper, and maybe just a little crazier-as if the cartoon cast drank some of the old Warner Bros. Kool-Aid.