Hercules

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Hercules

G

1997

1h 32m

Kids & Family

Adventure

Animation

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Disney tackles Greek mythology in this animated feature. Hercules (Tate Donovan), a son of gods, was snatched as a baby by Hades (James Woods) and forced to live among mortals as a half-man, half-god. Now a teenager, Hercules needs to perform a rite of passage on Earth to prove himself worthy of living with the gods on Mount Olympus. With his plucky satyr sidekick, Philoctetes (Danny DeVito), along for the ride, Hercules must learn how to use his strength to defeat a series of evil creatures.

Critics Consensus

Fast-paced and packed with dozens of pop culture references, Hercules might not measure up with the true classics of the Disney pantheon, but it's still plenty of fun.

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Jami Bernard

New York Daily News

12/18/2024

4/4

Disney has found a Grecian formula that promises to be an Olympic-sized hit.

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Jeff Strickler

Minneapolis Star Tribune

12/18/2024

5/5

Bursting with action and over-the-top goofiness, it's the most energetic animation to come out of Disney since Aladdin.

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Deborah Peterson

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

12/18/2024

In the galaxy of Disney movies, it's near the top but not among the greatest like Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast and the original 101 Dalmatians. Still, a good-but-not-great Disney is Olympian fields ahead of the competition's best.

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Marshall Fine

Gannett News Service

12/18/2024

4/4

Dazzling the eye, pleasing the ear, tickling the funny bone -- these are all the things you'd want from a musical comedy. And Hercules delivers, big time.

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Sean P. Means

Salt Lake Tribune

12/18/2024

3.5/4

Hercules has it all: fun for the kids, a nice object lesson or two, and enough humor to keep the grown-ups entertained. The Disney lightning strikes again.

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Philip French

Observer (UK)

12/18/2024

It's clever, empty, imaginatively drawn, more for adults than kids, and yet further evidence that the great American public is no longer thought capable of responding to anything beyond the present moment and their own backyard.

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Franco S

@RT73759883 4d

I can't really decide if I'm bias by a happy childhood in the 90, or if this movie is as good as a think. I just saw it with my children, and they cried a couple of times. Hades' character is an incredible depiction of an must-go-to-anger-managment character. It ignores greek mythology all the way, but is a really fun movie to watch. Is Christian reinterpretation of the myth. That makes it flawed in concept. But it is a laugh, a tear, and a nice time.

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K G

@KatyG-S May 4

Bless My Soul, Herc' was on a roll! Disney used to just be creative with focusing on tales in other parts of a storytelling world in its renaissance. This time, it focused on the Greek gods & the boy who came from the sky: Hercules! Hercules was always something special, given that he was the son of the Gods to save them from the alternate dead reality & save the love of his life, Meg. About the characters, which were my favourite part of the movie... every one of then is so iconic & distinct. Hercules was deemed a wimp growing up but in the end, is a hero & would never give up, but Danny Devito was disrespectful about rookies - "Givin' ups for rookies". Meg is so sassy, unhappy to be around Hades*. Now Hades, is a villain, but he such an icon with his sass & humour, not too evil - my favourite quote of is "Relax, its only half time". Now, my favourite ones, are the Muses - the 5 women from the vase who sing & narrate our tale. I love all them songs.

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Matteo Q

@Matteo59 Apr 25

Non è all altezza dei grandi clasaici ma è comunque un film molto bello

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Ben W

@Username618 Apr 25

Even though I'm sure at one remove, Hercules basically was a jock... Having him say he would 'go the distance' felt a sacrilege. Nice animation, rubbish script, basically.

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John N

@RT63108825 Apr 18

I'm ignoring the mythology mistake and putting 5 stars because the songs are fire

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Jax M

@JaxBM Feb 19

It’s great but there are some mistakes with te mythologie.

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Synopsis

Disney tackles Greek mythology in this animated feature. Hercules (Tate Donovan), a son of gods, was snatched as a baby by Hades (James Woods) and forced to live among mortals as a half-man, half-god. Now a teenager, Hercules needs to perform a rite of passage on Earth to prove himself worthy of living with the gods on Mount Olympus. With his plucky satyr sidekick, Philoctetes (Danny DeVito), along for the ride, Hercules must learn how to use his strength to defeat a series of evil creatures.

Director: Ron Clements, John Musker
Producer: Ron Clements, Alice Dewey Goldstone, John Musker
Screenwriter: Ron Clements, Irene Mecchi, John Musker
Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures
Production Co: Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios
Rating: G
Genre: Kids & Family, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 14, 1997, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $99.1M
Runtime: 1h 32m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS, Surround
Aspect Ratio: 35mm