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The Lion King (2019)

PG 07/19/2019 (US) Adventure, Drama, Family 1h 58m

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The king has returned.

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Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother—and former heir to the throne—has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his.

Jonathan Roberts

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Linda Woolverton

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Irene Mecchi

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Jon Favreau

Director
Jeff Nathanson

Screenplay
Brenda Chapman

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Chiwetel Ejiofor

Scar (voice)
John Oliver

Zazu (voice)
Donald Glover

Simba (voice)
James Earl Jones

Mufasa (voice)
John Kani

Rafiki (voice)
Alfre Woodard

Sarabi (voice)
Beyoncé

Nala (voice)
JD McCrary

Young Simba (voice)
Shahadi Wright Joseph

Young Nala (voice)
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A review by sykobanana

40%

Written by sykobanana on April 23, 2020

Its not as bad as Cats or Star Wars 9.

Disappointing and inconsistent. 2019 seems to be the year where the big movies were made to look good, but are in reality vapid and this is no exception.
This looks good mostly (except when Simba is a "teenager" and a lack of genitals means that the animals do not look really real), but everything else is below average. Also, the "real-ness" of the animals make some scenes way more scary for children.

The choices made in this are....strange.
-The voice casting is weird (some African sounding, some American, and others in between) - like t... read the rest.

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