The Road to El Dorado

The Road to El Dorado seems to take its framework inspiration from the Bob Hope and Bing Crosby Road to movies where a couple of guys get mixed up with a gal in some escapade in a foreign land. Here its 1519 Spain, small time con artists Tulio (Kevin Kline) and Miguel (Kenneth Branaugh) win a map that eventually leads them to El Dorado, the legendary city of gold. Posing as gods (shades of Rudyard Kiplings The Man Who Would be King), they meet Chel (Rosie Perez), who both aids in their quest and becomes an obstacle between them as they cross paths with high priest Tzekel Kan (Armand Assante) and conquistador Cortez. Directed by Don Paul from a script by Ted Elliot, this is one heck of an entertaining and funny film. The animation is wonderful, a combo of traditional and CGI, with a rich color palette in terms of locations and characters. The cast is simply outstanding, especially Kline, Branaugh and Perez. There are many points it seems this trio were given the script, and allowed to ad-lib at will, coming up with great gags and one-liners which gives the dialog a very natural non staged feel. The songs were written by Elton John, who also serves as narrator in that he sings most of them, other than the rolicking Its Tough to Be a God, a surreal number where our heroes ponder being a deity while getting drunk on wine. The score by Hans Zimmer (Gladiator, the Dark Knight films) is as epic as one might think, especially during a couple of scenes involving our guys escaping Cortez and later putting in motion a plan a to seal him off from El Dorado. Ive seen a few reviews complaining about nudity and sex. We get a very brief bare butt scene as our guys chase after their clothes, and there is a bit of innuendo in terms of dialog, but all very PG. All in all a highly recommended film for any age. Pop some corn, enjoy.

This film is great fun for all ages, although it contains some innuendo that may be inappropriate for younger kids. It has an Indiana Jones vibe and features some truly exciting action scenes. The voices and animation are top-notch and the South American designs come off really well. This film seriously made me wish that DreamWorks made more hand-drawn animated films.

This is fun to watch. There are plenty of jokes for adults as much as for children.

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The Road to El Dorado is one of my DreamWorks animated movies. Although it has a little bit of adult humor and language, I enjoy watching it. I adored the voice acting, story, and music by The Lion King team (Hans Zimmer, Elton John, and Tim Rice). I believe the theme of this movie is that friendship is more valuable than gold.

I enjoyed my movie rental & am going to refer it to other adults. I find some parts too sexual to allow underage folks to view such as the scene of kissing. Nice graphics and storyline seemed a bit short, however.

Good movie for kids.

It is surprising that in such globalized world you just offer movies in only one language either subtitles or audio. So disappointing.

the old favorite animation Ive always known and loved

Literally my favorite movie