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Actors: David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton, Wendie Malick Director: Mark Dindal Rating: Features: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Special Edition, NTSC Running Time: 78 minutes Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 Release Date: October 18, 2005 Theatrical Release Date: December 15, 2000 Studio: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
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If you liked ALADDIN, you'll love Disney's THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE, where outrageous comedy rules! Audiences and critics alike raved about this hilarious animated adventure. "Ebert & Roeper And The Movies" gave it "Two Thumbs Up." Faster than you can say "Boom, baby," arrogant Emperor Kuzco is turned into a llama by his devious advisor, Yzma, and her hunky henchman, Kronk, who want to rid the kingdom of this beast of burden. Now the ruler who once had it all must form an unlikely alliance with a pleasant peasant named Pacha. Together, Kuzco and Pacha must overcome their differences as they embark on a hilarious, "groovy" adventure that will have you howling with laughter.
Originally developed as an epic called Kingdom of the Sun, The Emperor's New Groove lost scale and most of Sting's song score some of which can be heard on the soundtrack on its way to the screen. The end result is the lightest Disney film in many a moon, a joyous romp akin to Aladdin in its quotient of laughs for kids and adults. The original story centers on the spoiled teenage emperor Kuzco David Spade, who enjoys getting the best of his Aztecan subjects. When he fires Yzma Eartha Kitt, his evil sorceress, she seeks revenge and turns Kuzco into a llama with the help of her hunk of the month, a lunk named Kronk Patrick Warburton. Alone in the jungle, the talking llama is befriended by Pacha John Goodman, who has just been told to vacate his pastoral home by the human Kuzco. What's an ego to do? That's pretty much the story and the characters--simple, direct, fun--a Disney film on a diet. For any fan of the acidic humor of Spade, this is essential viewing. As narrator of his tale, Kuzco uses a sarcastic tone to keep the story jumping with plenty of fun asides he even "stops" the film at one point to make sure you know the story is about him. Even better is character actor Warburton Elaine's stuck-up boyfriend on Seinfeld, who steals every scene as the dim-witted, but oh-so-likable Kronk. There's even a delicious Tom Jones number that starts the film off with a bang. --Doug Thomas