Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Jesper Brun As I grow older I like to take on my nostalgic glasses and watch movies from my childhood. The Road to Eldorado is one of them, and almost all the way through it holds up. First of all, it is a comedy. That holds up very well, because these two fast-talking main characters, Miguel and Tulio, are hilarious even for and adult audience. Perhaps young adults and fully grown adults will get even more out of the comedy. The animation is still great. The travel through the jungle and the design of El Dorado and what happens there are colourful and vibrant. Many of the song sequences also do great jobs at creating atmospheric colouring and fluidity in the animation. The villainous shaman Tzekel-Khan is actually at quite scary villain, but is well balanced with good humor like most of the characters. Personally, I think he is the most memorable character in the movie even though Miguel and Tulio have a charm to them. And that is one of my minor complaints about in my adult experience of The Road to El Dorado. Miguel and Tulio are funny, but you always have to refer to them as a whole, because they are very similar. And I mean REALLY similar in spite of fact that they had two different voice actors. The music by the great duo of Elton John and Tim Rice is also not that memorable. It is by no means bad, but neither is it a new Lion King soundtrack. The songs are serviceable, let's put it that way. The Road to El Dorado is fun and colourful and should be experienced as such. It is worth watching and recommendable to all who need an hour and a half of good entertainment.

ben hibburd The Road to El Dorado is a fairly standard animated film, about to two Spanish con-men that acquire a map to the fable city of El Dorado in a game of chance. That they've also happened to of rigged. The first half of the film is really enjoyable as Tulio and Miguel have to smuggle themselves out of Spain. After being caught on the ship they've stowed away on they manage to escape from captivity using a rowboat. Whilst being stranded on the high seas, they find themselves washed up on the shore of Mexico, and find a sign that they're on the right path to El Dorado.This is definitely the best part of the film. It feels adventurous and the film skips along at a brisk pace. It's only when they come in to contact with the native population that film begins to stall and enter very familiar territory. Tulio and Miguel are mistaken for Gods, and film becomes dull as they convince the natives to shower them with gold. This plot-line is fine but It's one that's been done before and a lot better, then this film. The main antagonist of the film is a high priest called Tzekel-Kan, he's a lot of fun and steals every scene he's in. At first he gets sucked into their charade to begin with, but slowly becomes suspicious leading to a final confrontation, that felt incredibly lacking.This film has lovely hand drawn animation that is gorgeous to look at. The characters are all enjoyable, despite nobody learning from their mistakes or face any type of consequence from their actions. The biggest problem with this film was the script, whilst it did everything it need to do, in the end it felt Inconsequential and In large parts dull. The Road to El Dorado is a decently entertaining animated film that is good for a casual watch, but one that will be forgotten with time.

Python Hyena The Road to El Dorado (2000): Dir: Eric "Bibo" Bergeron, Don Paul / Voices: Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branaugh, Rosie Perez, Armand Assante, Edward James Olmos: Very funny animation about the treacherous quest to obtain fame. Two swindlers gain access to a map to El Dorado. They become slaves on a ship but escape and are swept ashore an island. They are mistaken as gods by a tribe so fearing execution they go along with it. Typical plotting reduced to formula with the standard action violence climax. Director Eric "Bibo" Bergeron and Don Paul concentrate on humour and are backed with colourful animated landscapes. Kevin Kline and Kenneth Branaugh bring hilarity to the swindlers who will obviously have their differences that threaten to divide them but ultimately friendship will win out. Rosie Perez is wonderful as a tribal woman who will become involved with both guys. This may not set well with parents whose children this film is aimed at. Other roles are mere cardboard including Armand Assante voices the villain who feels that the swindlers threaten his chances of taking rule over the tribe. Edward James Olmos voices the tribal leader but the role seems recycled from every other animation that features tribes. This all arrives at a mindless cartoon violent climax that accomplishes little other than to provide action. The message is friendship, which is a road worth travelling. Score: 6 ½ / 10

Steve Pulaski The Road to El Dorado was birthed during the period where Dreamworks was still getting started, per say. After releasing the deeply sophisticated Antz and the cult favorite The Prince of Egypt, moviegoers still really had no true idea of what kind of film the company would give them. If Antz was sophistication, then The Road to El Dorado is anarchy - the coherent and easily-lovable kind. Filled with catchy, spur-of-the-moment songs, bright stylistic animation, and an immersing storyline, it majors in the field of uncompromising fun.The film's lead characters, two extremely hilarious ones, are Miguel and Tulio (voiced by Kenneth Branagh and Kevin Kline), two con-artists who rig gambling games and deliberately turn the tables on unsuspecting folks so they come out on top of everything. During a small gambling session, where the two are winning because of loaded dice, the two rustle up a map of El Dorado, a place bearing untold heavens. Just as they get the map and all their winnings, the other group finds out their swindling tactics and quickly run them out of the area. The two, and a horse, escape on a small boat, which washes up on the beach of El Dorado. There the two are mistaken for almighty, powerful gods of El Dorado and are treated like royalty. They decide to live in the luxury for a while, sneak some goodies, then ditch it in search for a new land to rob. Obligatory subplots involve Tulio falling for a native to El Dorado (Rosie Perez), who is aware of the two's secret, and the thought that both Miguel and Tulio will grow angry at one another and contemplate going their separate ways.While in some regards the story of this film is standard and somewhat foreseeable, it's nonetheless a competent, potent production. For example, the animation is presented in a believable, realistic light, not making everything too silly and bombastic, yet not entirely life-like. This is almost guaranteed to offput some; I can see people saying that it's an animated film that doesn't take full advantage of its medium. Yet the crisp, controlled style of the film let's loose on occasion, particularly during the chase sequence on water that concludes the film, which is lively and exhilarating. Rather than grounding the film to reality, it seems that the animators wanted to provide the illusion that it was an animated film that can capture the events of its story in th way that if this was real, but certain laws, rules, and logic didn't apply, this is how it'd look. It's fascinating and often absorbing. A similar style was used in Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire, when Disney took a shot in the dark, attempting to usher in a fanbase that wasn't so reliant/content with songs and candy-coated colors.This is one of the first animated films in a long time that doesn't use big-name actors to market its story, content, and animation. I guess Dreamworks used all its big-casting abilities on Antz. While Kevin Kline and Kenneth Branagh are certainly not "unknowns" in Hollywood, they aren't the kind you usually see receiving top-billing in an animated feature. Because of this, it's nice to hear voices that are not plagued by celebrity recognition and familiarities, so there's an easier transition to believing and knowing the character.The Road to El Dorado is wonderfully scored and livened by Elton John, whose song "It's Tough to Be a God" is one that will not leave my head soon enough. The film's music sequences are fun and spontaneous, much like the exposition as a whole. This is a good family endeavor; one that is light-years more fun than much of what passes for basic family programming.Voiced by: Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, and Rosie Perez. Directed by: Eric Bergeron and Will Finn.