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Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
- Review Date: August 14, 2005
- G
- Genre: Family and Kids
- 2000
Common Sense Media says
More romance than history, but kids will enjoy.
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What parents need to know
Parents nedd to know that this movie, while inoffensive, is highly inaccurate historically. There is some animated violence and drunkenness, but nothing graphic.
What's the story?
In this sequel, Pocahontas, believing John Smith to have died, goes to London to try to convince the King not to attack her people. On the way she meets another man, also named John, and has various adventures, some dramatic, some silly (her animal friends make the journey with her, and of course they cause amusing but harmless trouble in the old world).
Is it any good?
POCAHONTAS II: JOURNEY TO A NEW WORLD is an enjoyable film, beautifully animated and convincingly performed. But its romantic view of the story of a Native American girl and the English man she conquers through her honesty and beauty is somewhat grating, in light of the realities of what European settlers did to native populations in America.
Without some additional historical information, the film is just a sweet but pointless love story. However, seeing it is a perfect opportunity for children to start to learn the history behind the legend.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about what actually happened between the Native Americans and early English settlers. They could research the true story of Pocahontas, and the history of native cultures in this country.
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Okay, but inaccurate like the first one
This movie was okay; it was slightly worse than thr first ons (not that the first one was horrible). Like the first Pocahontas film, this one is historically inaccurate. Pocahontas did not go to Englad on her own will; she was captured by Englishmen. SPOILER When she was there, she married John Raffel, not because she wasn't in lobe with John Smith anymore. END OF SPOILER There is some violence (but less than the first one), and in one scene a bear is abused and used for entertaiment purposes, but Pocahontas finds this cruel. A romantic relationship forms between Pocahontas and John Raffel.
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Not the best they could have done...
Eh.. well it wasn't the 'worst' sequile disney made, but they really messed up on this. The animation seemed hardly worked on and the voices were off match. Pocahontas didnt seem like herself at all and the people in England were dorky. They made Pocahontas dress 'normal' and she breaks into song a lot (it wasnt a good song) I dont know they just messed it up, John Smith was acting completely different, snobby, sassy, bossy. Pocahontas seemed more 'trampy' I mean she met John Smith and they fell in love, all of a sudden she turns around and takes Rolfe (In real life she was young when she met Smith and they didn't fall in love, but when she was older she did marry Rolfe)
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Off for anyone over the age of 4.
This movie just bored me. The story telling is so fragmented, the characters have no visible personality, their message is very ham fisted and pretentious, and Pocahontas prances around in medieval undergarments at one point. It will baby sit your little kid, but you will be bored by it. If you want a good Disney DTV sequel, get the Lion King 2, or Bambi 2.
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awful waste of time! i had liked the character john smith from the origonal movie, but this is just AWFUL!!!
i absolutely love the origional pocahontas movie (its in my top 5 fave movies) but i have to say, this sequel was dissapointing. I had high hopes for this movie, but only in the first scene john smith falls of a house. pocahontas seems more laid back in the begining, and not the spunky character from the first movie. the character john smith is not correspondent to the character from the first movie- he is pushy, arrogant and in general, not expected. the voice isnt the same either. and i do not believe that pocahontas would have picked john rolfe over john smith, even though she thought john smith was dead. the way the characters acted in the first movie, you wouldnt think pocahontas would forget about john smith a month after he died, and then pick some other guy over him when she found out her "true love" was alive? this movie was such a disapointment i am considering writing a complaint letter to the person in charge.
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Sequel as good as original.
It is a good move. I know that they usually do sequels that sometimes fall short of the original. But I like this one as much.
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sort of scary, but overall, its a great movie!!!
good movie, sort of scary when she goes to the ball and the bear starts roaring, about loving and believing!
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| Topics: | adventures, history, music and sing-along |
| Studio: | Walt Disney Pictures |
| Directors: | Bradley Raymond, Tom Ellery |
| Cast: | Donal Gibson, Irene Bedard, Jean Stapleton |
| Genre: | Family and Kids |
| Run time: | 72 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | August 15, 2000 |
| DVD release date: | August 15, 2000 |
| MPAA rating: | G |
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