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I Liked it
A movie for the kids i.e the bible story // the race. kids would enjoy those. For older kids and adults it's the brotherhood and the anticipation of the outcome of Moses's new direction in life and how it will effect his relationship with his brother.For parents and adult be carefull what you say to your children as it often has a lasting impression(encourage without insult).A great movie a touching film

I still get chills!
When I first saw this movie in the theaters, I thought it was absolutely wonderful. The songs, the characters, the special effects, the cast, and especially the story were breathtaking. I've owned the movie since it came out to the public and everytime I watch it I still am in awe. The music is so powerful and moving that I get goosebumps everytime I hear it (no kidding!). I am also Jewish and to actually SEE the story, especially for younger viewers, makes it easier to understand. I thought Dreamworks did a fabulous job portraying one of the most popular stories of the Old Testament

The ''Prince'' is king
I have always had a certain fascination with the people and culture of Ancient Egypt, and I suppose this animated film about the biblical story of Moses and the exodus of the Jews from Egypt helped foster that interest. This is not surprising, as it is one of the most visually breath-taking and powerful animated films I have ever seen, second only to Rintaro's ''Metropolis'' and even comparable at times with ''Lawrence of Arabia'' (consider, for example, the scene in which a forlorn Moses wanders through the vast Egyptian desert, across which stinging winds swirl, painted in evocative reds and blacks).
The story recorded in Exodus of Moses and his liberation of the Jews from bondage is certainly not without interest on both a theological and emotional level: and in ''The Prince of Egypt'', while perhaps not the most thematically sophisticated of films, the latter is exploited to it's fullest potential, with the possibly imaginary yet still poignant and compelling rivalry between Moses and and his adoptive brother Rameses, as well as Moses childhood abandonment and upbringing in the royal house of the pharaohs, his discovery of his true identity, etc. etc. lending depth to these characters, aside from their usual, somewhat simplistic role as saints/villains.
It is true that the film-makers take certain liberties with the elements of the original story, embellishing and enhancing them, though it is not hard to see why: after all, though not devoid of emotion, ''Exodus'' is more of a theological tract than an entertainment. Thus the film-makers, in order to appeal to their key demographic of families and kids (though this is as much a movie for the art-lover and film buff as it is for the five year old, perhaps more so), felt the need to flesh it all out a bit with some drama and (very good) musical numbers. It may sound somewhat questionable to the more religious, but rest assured, it works. It all works, everything from the music, the way in which the element's of the ''plot'' are woven into a resonant whole, and the animation. Especially the animation.
Which is where ''Prince'' is king. Returning to the subject of animation, Ancient Egypt comes alive in this movie as it never has before, in a manner to rival any film before or since. Detailed Hieroglyphs depicting the massacre of Jewish babies illustrate the chambers of the royal catacombs. As the infant Moses famously drifts down the nile in his basket of reeds, the waters of the river reflect and undulate in an uncannily convincing manner, as the oars of Egyptian barges pound the waves and little monkeys shriek and dangle by their tales from the branches of trees. Jewish huts in Goshen are covered with piles of ornately thatched leaves. Grandiose monuments erected by hordes of ceaselessly laboring Jewish slaves, their brows drenched with sweat and their backs embedded with the innumerable scars of Egyptian lashes, surround the vista of Rameses I royal domain. This is no exaggeration: the ''Prince of Egypt'' is so detailed you can literally smell the camels and the sun-drenched mud, the incense on the altars of the priests and the ''salt of the sweat'' on the brow of those unfortunate slaves. This movie, endlessly compelling and entertaining, is, in a word, nothing short of fascinating.

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