'The Lion King' is a stunning achievement in animation let down by some dissenting voices

Fri, Jul 26th 2019, 08:47 AM

 

 

 

“The Lion King” (Rated A)

Cast: Donald Glover, Chiwetel Ejiofor, James Earl Jones, John Oliver, Beyoncé

Genre: Animated Adventure

Dwight’s rating: 2.5 stars

Maybe I was a little too old. But the original “The Lion King” never really did anything for me.

Yes, I know, to many of you, that’s heresy!

But I was already a teenager and driving and in college by the time that came out in 1994. And it just seemed like it was something for babies, what with all its talking animals and such.

I didn’t dislike it. But I just wasn’t as enamored of it as were people five to 10 years younger than I – those babies!

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