Disney Studios took Victor Hugo’s ultra-depressing novel and turned it into a colourful animated musical in this 1996 family-friendly adaptation....
Disney Studios took Victor Hugo’s ultra-depressing novel and turned it into a colourful animated musical in this 1996 family-friendly adaptation. From the directors of the Oscar-winning Beauty and the Beast.
Quasimodo, a deformed man with a kind heart, is the bell ringer of Notre Dame in 15th century Paris. His reluctant caretaker Claude Frollo hides him in the belltower of the cathedral and away from the eye of the public. But when the Festival of Fools arrives in the township, Quasimodo cannot resist joining in. During the festivities, the pure-hearted bell ringer meets two people who would change his lonely life: Esmeralda, an unspeakably beautiful gypsy, and Phoebus, a handsome soldier.
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72 %60 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
71 %126,226 reviewsAudience score rating
"There is much to admire in Hunchback, not least the risk of doing such a downer of a story at all."
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Variety
Variety"It's the thematic sophistication that brings the movie to life, making older children and adults its best audience."
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Time Out
Time Out"A grand cartoon cathedral, teeming with gargoyles and treachery, hopeless love and tortured lust."
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Time Magazine
Time Magazine"The studio's ambitious adaptation of Victor Hugo's sprawling classic remains surprisingly faithful to the book's grim mood, if not its plot."
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post"A whirling, uplifting, thrilling story with a heart-touching message that emerges from the comedy and song."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"A solid, enjoyable, beautifully animated Disney movie, but one not quite out of the top drawer."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineThe Hunchback of Notre Dame | Details
- Rating
- PG, Low level violence
- Runtime
- 91
- Genre
- Kids & Family, Musical
- Country of origin
- USA
