According to this website, this is the worst of all the direct to video Disney sequels and although I haven't exactly seen too many, I can agree with them. I still own a VHS copy of the original "Hunchback Of Notre Dame". One great thing about nostalgia is looking back at all the films that hold up as an adult and that was certainly one of them. Looking back at the original, I'm taken away by the gorgeous animation and the mature themes expressed, which was quite unique for a Disney film. This film by contrast has horrible artwork with bad songs and no attempt to be brave at all.The original villain was Frollo, who was himself a commentary on religious fanaticism. The villain in this is unbearably shallow and has no personality other than that he's vain. The funny thing is that some people were disappointed Quasimodo didn't get the girl in the original movie. It's actually a massive step up from the original Victor Hugo novel where he's buried alive. Yeah, that really happens. The characters are all superfluous and I find the Zephyr in "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" to be much less annoying. The original isn't one of my favorite Disney films but it definitely holds up. I'm still glad my brother stopped calling me "Quasi". *1/2

My daughter and I watched this film for the first time today and it flew to the top of my Disney Favorites List. I usually steer clear of Disney sequels because that is dangerous, but this one was truly great.It is the first film I've seen at a children's level that is a believable love story of ordinary people. It is an articulate depiction of second chances, forgiveness, true beauty, courage, and love! It doesn't use the dashing prince 7ft tall with arrogant mannerisms or a girl with unrealistic proportions and a faultless track record "tra-la-laing" through the forest and talking in a soft voice to display her unmatchable grace and etiquette- the main girl is not royalty at all.The plot could've been developed a little more, and there could have been a few more songs to keep it running in your head after the credits roll, but this was far from a forgettable film. We will certainly be buying this one, and now I am curious of the other Disney sequels- although I certainly won't set the bar at the level of this one bc it was magnificent!

Surprisingly touching and fun, most can not get passed the down-graded animation, but it was created by the animators for TV cartoons in Japan. The story itself is sweet and engaging and I love how the original cast returns to their roles. True this film can not compare to the music of the original, yet I am glad to see this film created, because Quasimodo deserves love and they created a worthy character in Madeline. If the film had been created by the Disney animation studio I bet people would have a much better opinion of it. You should see it, it is a cute and bouncy tale. I don't much care for direct to video animated movies, but this one won me over

It was a critically acclaimed film released in June of '96. The animation was splendid, the music was splendid, even the voice cast (Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Kevin Kline and Jason Alexander) was splendid. And after I watched that one, I asked myself, is this as good as traditional animation gets? Well, at least I thought that about the FIRST Hunchback. This one has to be the worst excuse of family entertainment. All this "movie" really is, is the first movie without even a fraction of a FRACTION of a good note of music, visual dazzle, wit or charm. The only good thing they did about this movie was bring back the old voices, who I bet were only there for the money, as well as the two added voice actors, Haley Joel Osment and Jennifer Love Hewitt. The animation looked like something out of Saturday Morning cartoons, the songs were gratingly loud and was sorely lacking the dark tone of the original film. Even Gigli is better than this. Seriously.