Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Directors:

Gary Trousdale
Kirk Wise

Writers:

Tab Murphy (screenplay)
Tab Murphy (story)

Release Date:

15 June 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Go somewhere really different this year....

Plot:

A young adventurer named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis.

Plot Keywords:

Atlantis | Submarine | Adventurer | Boiler Room | Linguist

Awards:

1 win & 12 nominations

Cast

Michael J. Fox	...	Milo James Thatch (voice)
Corey Burton	...	Gaetan 'The Mole' Moliere (voice)
Claudia Christian	...	Helga Katrina Sinclair (voice)
James Garner	...	Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke (voice)
John Mahoney	...	Preston B. Whitmore (voice)
Phil Morris	...	Dr. Joshua Strongbear Sweet (voice)
Leonard Nimoy	...	King Kashekim Nedakh (voice)
Don Novello	...	Vincenzo 'Vinny' Santorini (voice)
Jacqueline Obradors	...	Audrey Rocio Ramirez (voice)
Florence Stanley	...	Wilhelmina Bertha Packard (voice)
David Ogden Stiers	...	Fenton Q. Harcourt (voice)
Natalie Strom	...	Young Kida (voice)
Cree Summer	...	Princess 'Kida' Kidagakash (voice)
Jim Varney	...	Jebidiah Allardyce 'Cookie' Farnsworth (voice)
Jim Cummings	...	Additional Voices (voice)

Also Known As:

Atlantis (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for action violence.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX | SDDS | DTS-ES

Certification:

Denmark:7 | Norway:7 | Malaysia:U | South Korea:All | USA:TV-PG (cable rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Brazil:Livre | Chile:TE | Finland:K-7/5 | France:U | Germany:6 (w) | Hong Kong:I | Netherlands:AL | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/6 | Singapore:G | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:U | USA:PG (certificate #38177) | Greece:K

Company:

Toon City

Trivia:

Tommy Lee Jones, Jack Davenport, and Kurt Russell were considered for the role of Commander Rourke.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In several scenes, the submarine's crew are seen wearing gas masks akin to those developed for trench warfare. Gas had not been deployed as a weapon yet, so gas masks did not actually exist in 1914.

Quotes:

Milo: How 'bout some slides? Th-the first slide is a depiction of a creature, a creature so frightening that sailors were said to be driven mad by the mere sight of it.
[Slide shows Milo at the beach; all laugh]
Wilhelmina: Hubba, hubba.
Milo: Uh, sorry, that's... wrong.

Movie Connections:

References City Slickers (1991)

Soundtrack:

Where the Dream Takes You

Why are there so many negative reviews?

I thought that this film was very enjoyable. I watched this film with my wife BEFORE I had my first child. Therefore, I was not watching it as simply family entertainment and I still thoroughly enjoyed it. It seems as though many of the reviews are pointing out that this movie is not earth shattering, there were no unexpected plot changes and that the movie was predictable and boring. If these people were watching this movie expecting to have a religious experience doing so, then they were obviously going to be disappointed. This is simply an animated movie; nothing more. If you want to see this movie simply to sit back and let yourself be entertained, you will not be disappointed. In closing, this is definitely not the best movie Disney has made, but it IS entertaining and I do not understand the bad reputation it has received.