Road to El Dorado, The

THE ROAD TO EL DORADO

RATING: PG

STARRING THE VOICES OF: Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Rosie Perez, Armand Assante, and Edward James Olmos

DIRECTORS: Eric "Bilbo" Bergeron and Don Paul

DISTRIBUTOR: DreamWorks

GENRE: Animated Musical Adventure

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Older children and adults

SUMMARY: In The Road to El Dorado, two con men, voiced by Kevin Kline and Kenneth Branagh, must save the golden city of El Dorado from an evil pagan priest and an army of Spanish warriors. After a series of comic misadventures, Tulio and Miguel discover El Dorado, where a power struggle is occurring between the tribal chieftain and the evil occult priest With the help of a sexy tribal maiden, Tulio and Miguel pose as "gods" to take off with some of the city's gold. Complicating their plan is Tulio's growing feelings for the maiden and Miguel's growing friendship with the kindly tribespeople, not to mention the evil priest and the Spaniards.

The Road to El Dorado is a colorful, sometimes exciting movie, with lots of humor. The story is spoiled, however, by references to pagan religion and a scary monster conjured up by the evil priest Despite these and other problems, such as naturalistic nudity the movie has several strong positive qualities. It teaches, for example, moral principles like honesty, friendship, kindness, and respect for human life.

CONTENT: Romantic worldview regarding primitive cultures and the nature of man, with many moral virtues, plus revisionist history regarding the Spanish conquistador, Cortes, and some pagan elements, such as occult pagan villain advocates human sacrifice and conjures demonic monster 3 mild obscenities and 2 or 3 mild profanities; action and slapstick violence such as men jump into barrels, and men fight scary demonic monster no sex but scantily clad heroine seduces, kisses and embraces one hero; heroine wears sexy, revealing outfit and upper- and rear-male nudity in naturalistic contexts; alcohol use 'and drunkenness, smoking; and gambling and deceit from heroes, with deceit eventually being rebuked.

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