The Lion King

2019 118 min ★ 7.1 Adventure, Drama, Family, Animation

Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother—and former heir to the throne—has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his.

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Cast

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Scar (voice)

John Oliver

Zazu (voice)

Donald Glover

Simba (voice)

James Earl Jones

Mufasa (voice)

John Kani

Rafiki (voice)

Alfre Woodard

Sarabi (voice)

Beyoncé

Nala (voice)

JD McCrary

Young Simba (voice)

Shahadi Wright Joseph

Young Nala (voice)

Penny Johnson Jerald

Sarafina (voice)

Details

Director

Jon Favreau

Screenplay

Jeff Nathanson

Tagline

"The king has returned."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$260,000,000

Revenue

$1,662,020,819

Production

Walt Disney Pictures, Fairview Entertainment

Reviews

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SWITCH.

July 16, 2019

★ 2/10

‘The Lion King’ is a catastrophe; a new low in the ever-diminishing returns of Disney’s endless run of remakes. There’s nothing redeeming about it, with every decision either ill-conceived or mishandled to the point of incompetence. In Favreau’s hands, ‘The Lion King’ is rendered thunderously dull, lacking in any tension or complex characterisation, taking a laboriously long time to go nowhere and...

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Manuel São Bento

July 19, 2019

★ 9/10

If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog :) I don’t know how I should start, but I guess I’ll address something that people might ask: yes, it’s a SPOILER-FREE review. Why? Well, the story might follow the same essential plot points, and the characters might have similar narrative paths, but there are so many details that make this movie stand on its own. From tiny li...

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Gimly

December 28, 2019

★ 3/10

_Vulgar Display of Dour_ _Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible._

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sykobanana

April 23, 2020

★ 4/10

**Its not as bad as Cats or Star Wars 9.** Disappointing and inconsistent. 2019 seems to be the year where the big movies were made to look good, but are in reality vapid and this is no exception. This looks good mostly (except when Simba is a "teenager" and a lack of genitals means that the animals do not look really real), but everything else is below average. Also, the "real-ness" of th...

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Martha

July 26, 2022

★ 6/10

Not at all like the cartoon but not bad either. Let's face it, nothing the could do would or could match the Lion King cartoon original. NOTHING. So I have been a huge fan of Lion King since day one. I knew this would not be as good. There are parts i adore and parts i detest. I hate they left out Scar's song and only had a small clip... So much was left out. It COULD have been better but I really...