DreamWorks Animation tried to go toe-to-toe with Disney’s 2D 1990s renaissance with The Prince of Egypt, and it wound up being one of the studio’s best films.

| Sep 25, 2024

“Prince of Egypt” is a failure in major areas, but is breathtaking in others. It is a good start for DreamWorks, but they’ll have to try harder to eclipse the Mouse House.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 26, 2022

A genuine masterpiece that gives me goosebumps every time I watch it. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Oct 28, 2022

The Prince of Egypt may have beautiful animation and music but in retelling the story of the Exodus, they get part of it wrong.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 13, 2022

A sweeping epic that threads a very human struggle amidst the plagues and miracles.

| Mar 30, 2021

This story reminds me that in a world run by men and kings, there is wonder and strength in the woman, in the child, and in the slave, to change the course of history.

| Sep 11, 2019

I love the reverent tone throughout and the incredible music

| Original Score: 10/10 | May 8, 2019

The animation is stunning.

| Original Score: A+ | Mar 13, 2019

Prince gives great emotional depth to the story...

| Oct 22, 2018

It turns much too serious for its own good, though it otherwise is an entirely satisfying animated adventure story.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jan 23, 2011

Well-told story that's careful not to offend.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 27, 2010

When Moshe encounters the burning bush and confronts a God who calls Himself I Am That I Am...it is almost as if the scene compels the audience to remove their shoes for holy ground is underfoot

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 24, 2009

The movie's proudest accomplishment is that it revises our version of Moses toward something more immediate and believable, more humanly knowable.

| Mar 19, 2008

This is sensational cinema: crowds swarming among pyramids in eye-popping 3-D, camerawork that's distinctly Spielbergian in its fluidity.

Full Review | Mar 19, 2008

The angular animation and muted colour palette gives the film a look more redolent of classic European cartoons than their homelier American counterparts.

| Mar 19, 2008

The blend of animation techniques somehow demonstrates mastery modestly, while the special effects are nothing short of magnificent.

| Mar 19, 2008

Hyperactive and visually busy without being much fun.

| Original Score: C | Sep 22, 2007

As epic, emotionally satisfying spectacle, it's way up there with the very best in mainstream animation.

| Jun 24, 2006

Much of the animation is stunning and all of the vocal performances are good to great. It's just much of the passion seems to be in not stepping on anyone's beliefs or interpretations, instead of in telling the story in the most compelling way possible.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 6, 2005

The handsomely animated Prince of Egypt is an amalgam of Hollywood biblical epic, Broadway supermusical and nice Sunday school lesson.

Full Review | Jul 21, 2005