Aladdin also has an uncommonly bold color scheme -- neon shades of red, orange and blue give this picture a dazzling look not found in previous Disney cartoons.
The film's conspicuously irreverent style suggests that, blithe offenses aside, writer-directors Ron Clements and John Musker...have their heart in the right place: firmly situated in the anarchic comic tradition of Warner Brothers' Looney Tunes.
What makes this animated feature such intense, giddy fun is the eruption of uninhibited parody that Robin Williams provides as the voice of the Genie in Aladdin's lamp.
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August 17, 2014
While there's no doubt Williams brings a new level of energy to the picture, I'm not sure this Middle-Eastern folk tale is enhanced by a Marlon Brando impersonation.
This hilariously hip and thoroughly gorgeous motion picture is nothing less than the crowning achievement -- so far -- of Disney's revitalized animation department.
Aladdin is a film of wonders. To see it is to be the smallest child, open-mouthed at the screen's sense of magic, as well as the most knowing adult, eager to laugh at some surprisingly sly humor.