Pocahontas

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Pocahontas

G

Released Jun 15, 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.

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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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J M

The most underrated film of the Disney Renaissance. Regardless of historical inaccuracies, it’s an emotionally intelligent film with great music and animation. Unfortunately, this will go over some people’s heads though.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/04/25

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Audience Member

My 2 favorite Disney animated movie, to the characters to the plot this movie is 4.5 stars.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/29/25

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Audience Member

A stunning film regardless of the historical inaccuracies. Glorious animation, music and entertaining characters with all the love and warmth that you can expect from Disney. 👌🏻

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/19/25

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Mark J

Sadly just not enough happened in this, due to the first half of the film being so slow and boring they then rushed the plot in the second half. Also I say plot there wasn’t much of one. Also it does feel the biggest issues they could have tried to tackle were ignored. Still it looked nice and does have a couple of good songs.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/13/25

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André M

Boring and generick but tollerable

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/15/25

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Garrett B

It’s definitely the weakest of the Renaissance Era, but its animation, music and songs help this film’s somewhat underdeveloped plot.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/05/25

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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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