Pocahontas

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Pocahontas

G

1995

1h 27m

Kids & Family

Adventure

Animation

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This is the Disney animated tale of the romance between a young American Indian woman named Pocahontas (Irene Bedard) and Capt. John Smith (Mel Gibson), who journeyed to the New World with other settlers to begin fresh lives. Her powerful father, Chief Powhatan, disapproves of their relationship and wants her to marry a native warrior. Meanwhile, Smith's fellow Englishmen hope to rob the Native Americans of their gold. Can Pocahontas' love for Smith save the day?

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Critics Consensus

Pocahontas means well, and has moments of startling beauty, but it's largely a bland, uninspired effort, with uneven plotting and an unfortunate lack of fun.

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Manohla Dargis

L.A. Weekly

The studio has made noise about its bid at enlightenment, as witnessed by its casting of Native Americans... Maybe that is one measure of progress, or maybe it's just the most cravenly shrewd retailing strategy in many, many a moon.

Dec 17, 2024

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Jami Bernard

New York Daily News

Unfortunately, though luscious to look at and painstakingly rendered, Pocahontas is an unusually joyless affair. The adventurous beauty rejects one suitor because he is too "serious," but this movie barely registers on the humor meter.

Rated: 3/4

Dec 17, 2024

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Ryan Gilbey

Independent (UK)

For a film which has been heralded as painstakingly PC, Pocahontas's conscience stretches only to portraying American Indians as human beings which, in 1995, hardly qualifies as a particularly sophisticated perspective.

Dec 17, 2024

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Terry Lawson

Dayton Daily News

Pocahontas strives for Romeo and Juliet-style sentiment, but it is shackled by its own constraints. The lovers can't really rise above the petty jealousies of their elders because, as the film never stops reminding us, the issues aren't petty.

Rated: 2.5/4

Dec 17, 2024

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Bruce R. Miller

Sioux City Journal

The Monets, Manets and Degas of the '90s aren't hanging in some urban art museum. They're in Pocahontas -- and they're about as breathtaking as contemporary art gets.

Rated: 3.5/4

Dec 17, 2024

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Marylynn Uricchio

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

At times it's possible to forget completely that it's an animated film, for the characters are so real and engaging. But what truly sets the film apart is its great dignity.

Rated: 3.5/4

Dec 17, 2024

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Samuel G

A 30th Anniversary of Pocahontas since 1995? I saw that when it premiered in 1995!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/19/25

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D.A. P

Disney's Pocahontas- for the time it came out- it would be considered a great movie. While the story that is told was later turned out to not be proven true- it does tell an adventurous story at the time of its release. The one great thing about this movie is Judy Kuhn's musical song in the movie called "Colors Of The Wind" which is absolutely striking as it is beautiful which takes you in spirit to another time and place. 3.5 out of 5 stars- while this is not the best Disney film, it does have a lot to offer and the musical numbers are really great. This one is worth a watch.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/14/25

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Juju S

Bon bon bon... si seulement la colonisation s'était passée comme ça. J'ai quelques réserves sur ce film je crois. +0,5 pour Meeko.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

08/23/25

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Bobby B

My mknd be broken because thing bad. Really bad. It not about pocahontas but about white guy named john, but "John" not good name for movie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/28/25

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Stephen C

Success in 1 hour and 27 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The worldwide gross is $346,079,773.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Starring Judy Kuhn as the singing voice of Pocahontas and Mel Gibson as the voice of Captain John Smith!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also dubbed in international animation studios and foreign subtitled!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/13/25

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Kauã L

Look man, what a complicated film, I even think it's one of the films I like least from the studio Note:5

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/04/25

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Synopsis

This is the Disney animated tale of the romance between a young American Indian woman named Pocahontas (Irene Bedard) and Capt. John Smith (Mel Gibson), who journeyed to the New World with other settlers to begin fresh lives. Her powerful father, Chief Powhatan, disapproves of their relationship and wants her to marry a native warrior. Meanwhile, Smith's fellow Englishmen hope to rob the Native Americans of their gold. Can Pocahontas' love for Smith save the day?

Director: Mike Gabriel, Eric Goldberg
Producer: James Pentecost
Screenwriter: Carl Binder, Andrew Chapman, Joe Grant, Susannah Grant, Philip LaZebnik
Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures
Production Co: Walt Disney Pictures
Rating: G
Genre: Kids & Family, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 15, 1995, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $141.6M
Runtime: 1h 27m
Sound Mix: Surround

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