Danny Glover, Helen Mirren, Jeff Goldblum

An Egyptian prince learns of his identity as a Hebrew and, later his destiny to become the chosen deliverer of his people.

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PG, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner

Release Date: December 18, 1998

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DVD Release Date: September 14, 1999

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  • September 12, 2009
    by far the best version of any bible story told on screen. while it has moments of comedy it also has a certain realism to it that older non animated versions seem to lack in their pious nature. while it is about god it is also heavily about moses as an average human being and hi...( read more)s relationship with his brother (not by blood) rameses. it's also about him carrying the regret of killing another man. you see him take on his responsibility as if burdened by it. yes, i liked this very much. it's a sad day when childrens/family animation has more grit and realism about it than anything epic biblical films with actors can throw at us. the eqyptian priests were welcome viewing too... haha!
  • November 5, 2008
    Watched it in Religion class. Painful much? It was good just the singing was what turned me off.
  • June 7, 2008
    Spiritually enticing...
    The story of Exodus has its parallels in many religions, always with the same result: God chooses one of his peoples over the others. We like these stories because in the one we subscribe to, we are the chosen people, God could have spared man a lot of tr...( read more)ouble by casting his net more widely, emphasizing universality rather than tribalism, but there you have it. Moses gives Rameses his chance (free our people and accept our God) and Rameses blows it, with dire results for the Egyptian side...
    The film follows Moses (voice of Val Kilmer) from the day when he is plucked from the Nile by the queen (Helen Mirren) to the day when he returns from the mountain with the Ten Commandments. What it emphasizes more than earlier versions is how completely the orphan child is taken into the family of the Pharaoh (Patrick Stewart); he is a well-loved adopted son who becomes the playmate and best friend of Rameses (Ralph Fiennes), the Pharaoh's son. As boys, they get in trouble together (one drag race in chariots, which speed excitingly down collapsing scaffolds, results in the destruction of a temple). And when Rameses is named regent, his first act is to name Moses as royal chief architect...

    But something within Moses knows that the Egyptians are not his people. After he happens to meet his real brother and sister, Aaron (Jeff Goldblum) and Miriam (Sandra Bullock), and learns the truth about his heritage, he runs away into the desert. At an oasis, Moses encounters a former slave girl, whom he had helped to escape from the Pharoah's empire, and who is the daughter of the Hebrew high priest Jethro (Danny Glover). While staying with them, Moses hears the voice from the Burning Bush: "I am that I am, the God of your fathers." For Moses, accepting this god means renouncing untold power and riches, and Rameses (now the Pharaoh) is first incredulous, then angered. "I am a Hebrew," Moses sternly informs him, "and the God of the Hebrews came to me and commands that you let my people go." When Rameses disagrees (and doubles the slaves' workload), God unleashes a series of punishments. Fire rains from the sky, locusts descend in clouds, and all the first-born are killed. All leads up to the spectacular parting of the Red Sea, an event made for animation...
  • January 11, 2008
    I was expecting more from this story, the central character is Moses, the animation is great, but the voice overs are too over bearing and unkind for a childrens movie which doesn't really present itself much of a bible story anyway.
  • January 3, 2008
    brilliant,so good, and that song with whitney and Mariah, can it get any better
  • November 3, 2009
    Muy buena. La musica estuvo super. En ocasiones me llego a emocionar. A pesar de ser una historia falsa... basada en mas historias falsas.
  • October 28, 2009
    Comercial or Stupid! :|
  • October 23, 2009
    Amazing movie. Though they did use creative license to make the film fit withen movie time, it's still pretty accurate.

    Believe it or not, "The Prince of Egypt" is actually the first animated movie to come out of Dreamworks, the filmmakers of "Shrek". Don't have this film confu...( read more)sed with the crappy cgi "Ten commandments" movie in 2007 and no I don't meant the 1950's ten commandments either. Different movies. With it being a dreamworks film, it feels nothing like what you would consider a Dreamworks movie by today standards. You know, fart jokes, pop culture references, none of that is in this movie. (Sure we have like one joke about being bathed and some scenes that may have relation to matue content but it's not up in your face.) Actually for a family-oriented film, it is quite dark and mature. Nothing in the original story was altered or kiddied down. Sure there were some edits to make the film more epic like maybe "The Lion King".

    This film has death, slavery, discrimination, all in plain view of the viewers. I'm not saying that children shouldn't see it. It's not that mature. Actually a lot of the first Disney films had these things in their stories, like that one scene where the queen wants Snow Whites heart. That's pretty much how far they go. Actually the worst of the mature themes is when Moses starts realizing what his "father" almost had done to him

    Btw, did I mention the animation. It will blow your mind. That clip I showed earlier is probably one of the most impressive combination of traditional animation and cgi. The scene where the jews pass through the river is really cool too. Not to mention "boy and Small One cameo". I want to tell you more but I don't want to ruin it for you. I recommend blu-ray or watching the movie on a Hi-def t.v., though you'll have the same impact on a standard t.v. but it will blow your mind either way.

    The character development is also very well done. The relationship between Moses and his brother is probably one of the most I've ever seen in a movie. They love each other like brothers and want to be that but don't want to give up on there destinies. Ramses is probably one of the only villains you'll see that you will feel sorry for. Now that's impressive. Some of the lesser characters like Moses's birth brother and sister stand out for some strange reason and give the audience the pain they are going through. We only see Moses birth mother in the beginning of the film as well. I guess she was cut for story changes. Like Aladdin's mother.

    To tell the truth, I don't know why Dreamworks doesn't celebrate this movie as much as they do the Shrek films. There is a lot to the story and the film marks up on it quite well. Sure it's a shortened down version of the story. But the the points, morals, and wonder is kept in the story much how God had it in the bible. My only problem with the film is that the scene with the staffs turning into snakes does not focus on the the snakes. More on a musical number with the Emperors waiters or whatever naming off all their gods. The only times we see the snakes is at the very beginning and end of the song (show clips) I mean, that's a key point that shows God is more powerful than magic and no one in the film focuses on the snakes, just the song. What gives? Aside from that scene, this films a piece of art. It should set the standards of movie making like "Up" or "Lion King" did. However, it's not talked about anymore and it now lies withing the ten dollar movie shelf at Walmart. It may be a little more. But I guarantee it's worth every penny. Don't take my word for it, check it out.
  • October 12, 2009
    lol i had to watch this in R.E
  • October 8, 2009
    Prince of Egypt is seriously one of my top favorite animated films of all time!

Critic Reviews


March 19, 2008
David Edelstein, Slate

This is sensational cinema: crowds swarming among pyramids in eye-popping 3-D, camerawork that's distinctly Spielbergian in its fluidity. full review

July 12, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

Takes itself too seriously. full review

January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

If de Mille had seen this film, he would have gone back to the drawing board! full review

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Comments


  • ShimmerMePretty
    October 26, 2007
    This is a great movie even if your not religious :]
  • songbee
    June 29, 2007
    Ok let's get one thing straight here. Hans Zimmer did THE BEST music for this movie. I am just so stunned by the incredible music that he wrote for this movie. I mean I'm probably one of the hugest music freaks on the planet I have the movie,the piano solo book and the soundtrack for this movie I am just SO in love with the music in this movie.20 thumbs up for Hans!!!
    As for the movie itself they did a pretty good job of translating the Bible into an animated movie. I am especially pleased that they made it into an animated movie for the whole family to see so the whole family can see one of the greatest stories in the Bible! Seriously the story of Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt is one of the most amazing stories in the Bible...Everybody should read the story at least once it is truly amazing.
  • purplemaye
    March 26, 2007
    I love this movie. I like the songs. It changed some of the histories of the bible tho. If you are a Christian and believe in God, plz click on my pic...i need more friends on here
  • khadija271
    February 5, 2007
    Okay..but whats going on with these characters..Egypt(Kemet)was in Africa no..duh and we were black...dark and brown...now coffee...that is just the image depicted
  • Clemontine
    November 2, 2006
    The Bible has so many epic stories that would make excellent movies. They should make more of them.
  • JesusOnlyKnows19
    July 2, 2006
    This is an excellent movie, even if it is a cartoon movie! Jus because it comes from bible, Amen!

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