The Prince Of Egypt (EOTWS)

End Of The Week Shorts #51 extract: The Prince Of Egypt (1998)

Probably DreamWorks' most ambitious picture, The Prince of Egypt seems to have been an experiment for the company - one they, probably rightly so, never dared to try again. 

Though this is and was welcomed quite warmly, this is a very questionable film. The voice casting is mediocre at best, but so often bad (a few big stars don't make for a great cast); the comedy is null, the characters are... eh; the structure is weak and the story lacks dramatic vigour and emotional drive due to all of these unharmonised working parts. And the main song.... why would you sell the film with a solid version by Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston and then have us listen to a terrible version in the actual film? In the end, the few terrific shots don't save the story and the CGI has not dated too well, so it's hard to even say that this is an aesthetic spectacle. Though this has much potential, Prince of Egypt is just plain mediocre.