Pocahontas

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Pocahontas

G

1995

1h 27m

Kids & Family

Adventure

Animation

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This is the Disney animated tale of the romance between a young American Indian woman named Pocahontas (Irene Bedard) and Capt. John Smith (Mel Gibson), who journeyed to the New World with other settlers to begin fresh lives. Her powerful father, Chief Powhatan, disapproves of their relationship and wants her to marry a native warrior. Meanwhile, Smith's fellow Englishmen hope to rob the Native Americans of their gold. Can Pocahontas' love for Smith save the day?

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Critics Consensus

Pocahontas means well, and has moments of startling beauty, but it's largely a bland, uninspired effort, with uneven plotting and an unfortunate lack of fun.

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Manohla Dargis

L.A. Weekly

12/17/2024

The studio has made noise about its bid at enlightenment, as witnessed by its casting of Native Americans... Maybe that is one measure of progress, or maybe it's just the most cravenly shrewd retailing strategy in many, many a moon.

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Jami Bernard

New York Daily News

12/17/2024

3/4

Unfortunately, though luscious to look at and painstakingly rendered, Pocahontas is an unusually joyless affair. The adventurous beauty rejects one suitor because he is too "serious," but this movie barely registers on the humor meter.

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Ryan Gilbey

Independent (UK)

12/17/2024

For a film which has been heralded as painstakingly PC, Pocahontas's conscience stretches only to portraying American Indians as human beings which, in 1995, hardly qualifies as a particularly sophisticated perspective.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Jan 3

6/10

After the successes of Disney’s previous animated features, this one has a tough time separating itself, despite the drastic shift in period and locations.

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Terry Lawson

Dayton Daily News

12/17/2024

2.5/4

Pocahontas strives for Romeo and Juliet-style sentiment, but it is shackled by its own constraints. The lovers can't really rise above the petty jealousies of their elders because, as the film never stops reminding us, the issues aren't petty.

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Bruce R. Miller

Sioux City Journal

12/17/2024

3.5/4

The Monets, Manets and Degas of the '90s aren't hanging in some urban art museum. They're in Pocahontas -- and they're about as breathtaking as contemporary art gets.

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Lay L

@Lawrence69 10h

Such a misrepresentation of Native Americans Appropriation & exploitation all for the sake of cashing in. Fairytales like Cinderella & Snow White where, "Once upon a time" and "Happily ever after", fit a narrative that does not carry over to factual historical real life pain & suffering. Making a fairytale out of real life pain & suffering of an entire culture is about as low as it gets for Disney.

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Jason M

@Jmo167 Mar 10

one word, boringgggg

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Kymber H.

@SandlotLover17 Jan 19

This movie is solid, but not amazing. I can’t believe that Disney’s a team was working on this while the B team was working on The Lion King! 😆

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C T

@MoralesC Jan 18

I’m currently binging well known and beloved Disney movies! Pocahontas is a movie I could watch again and again. The movie is so grounding and I admire its emphasis on Mother Nature and what she has to offer. I also love Disney’s portrayal of the relationship between John Smith and Pocahontas. I’m saddened they go their separate ways which is why I give it 4.5 stars!

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Marcus F

@RT21667214 Jan 3

This is my favourite Disney movie but it does not represent native Americans properly. The animation is beautiful and I love the music but for most people it is forgettable.

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Dustin B.

@DustinBalacio Jan 3

While it has gorgeous animation and fun songs, most of the film is uninspired, forgettable, and incredibly disrespectful to the original story.

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Synopsis

This is the Disney animated tale of the romance between a young American Indian woman named Pocahontas (Irene Bedard) and Capt. John Smith (Mel Gibson), who journeyed to the New World with other settlers to begin fresh lives. Her powerful father, Chief Powhatan, disapproves of their relationship and wants her to marry a native warrior. Meanwhile, Smith's fellow Englishmen hope to rob the Native Americans of their gold. Can Pocahontas' love for Smith save the day?

Director: Mike Gabriel, Eric Goldberg
Producer: James Pentecost
Screenwriter: Carl Binder, Andrew Chapman, Joe Grant, Susannah Grant, Philip LaZebnik
Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures
Production Co: Walt Disney Pictures
Rating: G
Genre: Kids & Family, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 15, 1995, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $141.6M
Runtime: 1h 27m
Sound Mix: Surround

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