Ron Clements and John Musker direct Scott Weinger, Robin Williams and Linda Larkin in this Walt Disney animated adventure set around a genie in a lamp who grants three wishes.

1992: The Mouse House hit its stride just as I was outgrowing it. A teenager doesn’t want singing princesses and comedy animals when they could be watching Cameron, Carpenter or Craven. The adventure aspects of Aladdin really set this apart. Proper action set pieces told at an incredible clip, a villain worthy of a Joel Silver flick and wisecracking comedy between the fireworks. Aladdin’s reputation lives and dies by Williams motormouth genie… you ain’t ever had a voice actor like me. But the whole thing is a class act: Jasmine is head turning but her agency is palpable, the songs are toe-tapping mainstays, the world design a bold slice of enticing orientalism. Grows in my estimation with every revisit. What do spotty teenagers know anyway?

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Perfect Double Bill: Aladdin (2019)

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