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The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

1998

Darrell Rooney, Rob LaDuca

Animation, Voice: Matthew Broderick, Michelle Horn, Neve Campbell ...

5.7

13,094

Animation. Comedy. Romance. Musical. Kids Simba and Nala have a daughter, Kiara. Timon and Pumbaa are assigned to be her babysitters, but she easily escapes their care and ventures into the forbidden lands. There she meets a lion cub named Kovu and they become friends. What she and her parents do not know is that Kovu is the son of Zira - a banished follower of the now-dead Scar. She plans to raise Kovu to overthrow Simba and become the king of the Pride Lands. This tests not ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Joe Leydon Variety	"'Lion King II' has enough across-the-board appeal to entertain viewers of all ages (...) [Animation] is markedly better than average for a direct-to-video production"	POS
United States	Caryn James The New York Times	"It's the rare sequel that matches the creative flair of an original, of course. 'The Lion King II' may be derivative, but it is also winning on its own"	POS
United States	Stephen Whitty Entertainment Weekly	"[It] could make a decent rental for undemanding under-7 fans of the original (...) Like most sequels, this isn’t really a movie at all — it’s a merchandising strategy. And no one needs to pay money for that"	NEU
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Radio Times	"The returning Pumbaa and Timon provide a little light relief. But the graphics are less luxuriant, the songs less inspired (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Jeremy Conrad IGN	"The animation quality isn't that too far below the original (...) While it could never match up to the powerful original, 'The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride' is a surprisingly good direct-to-video sequel"	POS

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