This is not an Aladdin ripoff. It's true that the two are similar, but keep in mind that The Thief and the Cobbler had been in production since the 60's. Aladdin had only started production in the 80's, about 20 years after this one had been started on. With that said, let's get on with the review. It's not a bad movie, but I think CS gives it too much credit. It just doesn't strike me as anything amazing, and the fact that they took Richard Williams' masterpiece and made it into this, giving the originally silent characters dialogue is almost unforgivable in my eyes.
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The Thief and the Cobbler
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Common Sense says
A must for family viewing.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 5 and Up
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About The Thief and the Cobbler
Parents need to know that this movie is suitable for everyone except maybe the smallest children, who might be frightened by the hulking bad guys.
Read our full review by Nell Minow
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- Families can talk about why so many animated movies (unlike this one) are tied to toys and other items targeted at kids.
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- I rate this title on for age 7 and give it
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- I rate this title iffy for age 6 and give it
This was terrible! Please don't see it. The animation was horrible and the characters were dull and not clever at all. The story seemed to copy off Disney's Aladdin. So if you are planning to see it, don't waste your time and money.
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- I rate this title iffy for age 5 and give it
Not that great
I don't think as highly of this film as the Common Sense reviewer does. The heroine/princess is straight out of Disney: childishly beautiful with inhuman physical proportions. The protagonist/cobbler and she fall in love at first sight, based soley on those inhuman proportions, I think. I mean, I love Vincent Price as the bad guy, but I just can't condone the promotion of this Disney-fantasy of what women, men, and love is all about.
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