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.

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.

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

There are many movies that you feel very good watching. This tops that list for me. The colors and the witty dialogues are a treat right from the opening song. Forget what the critics say about the movie, its the ride that you will cherish. And this movie will put you in the front seat! The movie is filled with songs, which is great for any animated film in my opinion.With memorable characters, smooth plot, music that makes you wanna sing along, and above all the animation that just hooks you to the screen is worth every minute of it. Unfortunate that this kind of movies are not coming these days.