Mufasa: The Lion King

2024

Adventure / Animation / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Musical

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 56% · 222 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 88% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 80720 80.7K

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Director

Barry Jenkins Photo
Barry Jenkins

Top cast

Kagiso Lediga Photo
Kagiso Lediga as Young Rafiki
Mads Mikkelsen Photo
Mads Mikkelsen as Kiros
Billy Eichner Photo
Billy Eichner as Timon
Seth Rogen Photo
Seth Rogen as Pumbaa
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1 hr 58 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by tuktiktheunicorn 8 / 10

Exceeded my expectations

As a huge fan of The Lion King, I can honestly say this movie is excellent. The cinematography and music, especially in 3D IMAX are absolutely stunning. There wasn't a single boring moment and the visuals are breathtaking, you can read the animals' emotions much more clearly compared to the first live action film, the pacing is smooth and the plot holds up well. While I occasionally struggled to distinguish some lion characters, the voices made it easy to follow. A bit more humor would've been nice though but overall, it's a well crafted prequel that delves into Scar's origin beautifully. People seem too critical these days instead of just enjoying things.
Reviewed by K2nsl3r 7 / 10

Better than expected - quite good even

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this one. As a prequel that tells the rise of Mufasa, Simba's father, it is very formulaic and predictable. But it is also beautifully animated, quite funny, and emotionally well-balanced between adventure, drama, humour, and tragedy. For a prequel, it plays it sometimes too safe, but that is fine to me since the audience knows the conclusion of the story. The upside of playing it safe is that the movie thankfully avoids any major distractions or side characters that could have taken away from the meat of the film. My only major gripes are that the soundtrack is forgettable compared to the Elton John classics, and some of the plot development proceeds too quickly at numerous points in the story, which takes away from its intended emotional impact.Nonetheless, let me repeat that I am surprised by how much I liked this film. I could not be bothered by the previous CGI adaptation at all. But as far as big studio prequels are concerned, this is one of the better ones. Sure, they clearly made the film for easy money, but miraculously it respects the Lion King fanbase and oozes love for the source material. Graphically, it is well-composed and it manages to find good use for CGI that gets close to the beauty of the original animation. And although it adds little to the story, it provides enough new context and meat to make the original story shine even brighter. Nothing can beat the 1995 original masterpiece, and this one obviously pales in comparison, but I am glad that they are treating the franchise with respect.
Reviewed by alexandergotzp 6 / 10

It's Flawed, but Not for the Reasons You've Heard

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