Robin Williams, Scott Weinger, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman, Frank Welker

Robin Williams's dizzying and hilarious voicing of the Genie is the main attraction of Aladdin, the third in the series of modern Disney animated movies that began with 1989's The Little Mermaid and h...( read more  read more... )eralded a new age for the genre. After a sultan (Douglas Seale) gives his daughter, Jasmine (Linda Larkin), three days to find a husband, she escapes the palace and encounters the street-savvy urchin Aladdin (Scott Weinger), who charms his way into her heart. While the sultan's Vizier, Jafar (Jonathan Freeman), weaves a spell so that he may marry Jasmine and become sultan himself, Aladdin discovers the Genie's lamp in a cave, rubs it, and sets the mystical entity free, leading the Genie to pledge his undying loyalty to the dazzled youth. Aladdin begins his quest to defeat Jafar and win the hand of the princess, with the Genie's help. Monsters, Disney's trademark talking animals, and a flying carpet all figure into the ensuing adventures, but Williams' Genie, who can change into anything or anybody, steals the show as he launches into one crazed monologue after another, impersonating figures from Ed Sullivan to Elvis Presley.~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide

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G, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: John Musker, Ron Clements

Release Date: November 11, 1992

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DVD Release Date: October 5, 2004

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  • September 23, 2009
    The only Disney film I really like. Typically racist though! Great songs! "Beaten by a rug!"
  • May 25, 2009
    Has always been one of my favourite movies!
  • January 11, 2009
    Genie: Oi! Ten thousand years will give you such a crick in the neck.

    Another hand drawn Disney film near the top of the list. A lot of fun. With the majority of the comedy being supplied by a scene stealing Robin Williams as the Genie (even if he does defy much of the "logic" i...( read more)n this movie). Good memorable songs, some sweet scenes in terms of action, including everything involving the cave of wonders. Jasmine is appropriately cute and Jafar is deliciously evil. Moves quick and is a lot of fun.

    Genie: Say, you're a lot smaller than my last master. Either that, or I'm getting bigger. Look at me from the side. Do I look different to you?
  • June 10, 2008
    At the height of Disney's hit making years, this one had it all! And with the combination of Robin William's voice and the shape-shifting abilities of a genie, this movie made references nearly as lightning paced as Family Guy does today.
  • June 7, 2008
    Robin Williams and animation were born for one another, and in "Aladdin" they finally meet. Williams' speed of comic invention has always been too fast for flesh and blood; the way he flashes in and out of characters can be dizzying...lol ;]
    In Disney's "Aladdin," he's liberated...( read more) at last, playing a genie who has complete freedom over his form - who can instantly be anybody or anything...
    All of the film's best moments come from the genie and the other supporting characters, which include a plump little sultan, his scheming vizier, an angry parrot named Iago, a chattering monkey, a friendly flying carpet, and even a magic cave that turns into a fearsome face so that Aladdin has to venture down its throat...
  • February 5, 2010
    One of my favorite movies as a kid !
  • February 4, 2010
    Love it love it LOVE IT!
  • February 4, 2010
    Another satisfying and entertaining Disney film. A definite must for your Disney collection (yes, everybody has one!)
  • February 4, 2010
    One of, if not the best Disney animation films. Robin Williams is superb as the Genie, while Jafar is a wonderful villain voiced brilliantly by Jonathan Freeman. The film is as catchy and enjoyable now, as it was when i was younger. I can still vaguely remember seeing this at the...( read more) cinema.
  • February 3, 2010
    a classic, i love it.

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  • Fellojack18
    May 8, 2008
    this movie is so hot, it is romantic!!!!!!!!!
  • kittycatgirl1217
    May 6, 2008
    Aladdin is the most amazing movie ive ever seen in the whole world i love him so much he is soo hott!!!
    <3
  • shortybrooklyn
    March 22, 2008
    really good movie
  • p0tblack
    December 5, 2007
    Iago, is the birds name.
    I think thats how you spell it anyway.
  • caroleontheweb
    November 5, 2007
    Hey!! Ive completly forgotten the name of the parott in Alladin, whats his name again?
  • ShimmerMePretty
    October 26, 2007
    I love aladdin :]
    all the charactors are great in it!
    Garunteed laughs.
  • doglover3991
    August 21, 2007
    i loved this movie when i was a kid and i still love it. it will always be one of my favorite movies.
  • pinkdoryfish
    August 1, 2007
    one of the most amazin disney films iv eva seen ... a complicated love and of course its got the bad guys xx love it its brill !
  • madmonkie5294
    June 12, 2007
    I love this movie!!!!!!!! It is so awsome! I love the monkey!!
  • kaylakayla1314
    May 23, 2007
    aladin rox! yall best realize! =]]

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    Eddie Murphy, Steve Martin and John Candy were all considered at one point to provide the voice of the Genie.

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