The Emperors New Groove
The Emperors New Groove is an American animated buddy comedy following a young arrogant emperor who is transformed into an Ilama by his devious advisor his only chance of regaining his throne lies in the hand of a good-hearted peasant named Pacha.
20 June 1952, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
18 June 1952, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
8 March 1964, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
20 May 1952, Tacoma, Washington, USA
25 November 1990, California, USA
18 April 1961, Northridge, California, USA
28 July 1951, Mobile, Alabama, USA
23 December 1963, Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
April 13, 1964 in Oaxaca, Mexico
22 July 1964, Birmingham, Michigan, USA
17 January 1927, North, South Carolina, USA
7 June 1940, Pontypridd, Wales, UK
24 October 1955, Los Angeles, California, USA
16 December 1945, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3 October 1942, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
13 December 1950, Buffalo, New York, USA
26 May 1944
20 November 1951, Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA
3 February 1925, Platteville, Wisconsin, USA
2 January 1938, Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA
14 November 1964, Paterson, New Jersey, USA
19 June 1946, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
December 06, 2009
[The] lightest and wackiest of all Disney features.
September 08, 2008
Emperor doesn't aim too high or strain too hard; it is at ease inhabiting its pretty, miniature realm.
December 15, 2000
Funky, funny and free of ersatz Broadway cheese.
April 29, 2009
A lot of fluff that never amounts to a good film.
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.
November 16, 2009
Ingenious action sequences driven by surprisingly little plot lead to a climax full of the transmogrification animation was invented for.
March 31, 2008
The unfussy, tossed-off quality actually helps give this original story zippy irreverence some of Disney's plusher cartoons lack.
August 03, 2010
More fun, goofy cartoon antics than Disney polish.
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.
April 05, 2002
Will the kids buy it? You bet they will.
September 08, 2008
Groove boasts some innovative tricks and sharp performances. Oh, and not too many songs. Phew.
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.
