Pocahontas (1995)
69%RT Audience Score: 64%
Awards & Nominations: Won 2 Oscars
15 wins & 7 nominations total
Pocahontas means well, and has moments of startling beauty, but it’s largely a bland, uninspired effort, with uneven plotting and an unfortunate lack of fun
Pocahontas is a movie that’s been around for a while, but it’s still worth watching. Sure, it’s not perfect, but what movie is? The story is interesting, the animation is beautiful, and the songs are catchy. Plus, it’s only 76 minutes long, so you won’t have to sit through a three-hour epic. And let’s be real, who doesn’t love a good Disney movie? So grab some popcorn, settle in, and enjoy the tale of Pocahontas and John Smith.
Production Company(ies)
Eisei Gekijo Hakuhodo Nippon Shuppan Hanbai K. K.
Distributor
Buena Vista Pictures
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures – 500 S. Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, USA
MPAA / Certificate
G
Year of Release
1995
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1 (original and intended ratio)
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Runtime:1h 27m
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Language(s):English, Algonquin
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jun 15, 1995 Original
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 6, 2002
Genre(s)
Adventure
Keyword(s)
Pocahontas, G-rated, Adventure, Disney, Animated, Romance, Native American, Settlers, Capt John Smith, Chief Powhatan, Gold, Love, Family, Music, Songs, Soundtrack, Mel Gibson, Irene Bedard, Judy Kuhn, Linda Hunt, Frank Welker, John Kassir, Grandmother Willow, Flit, Meeko, Directed by Mike Gabriel, Eric Goldberg, Produced by James Pentecost, Written by Carl Binder, Andrew Chapman, Joe Grant, Susannah Grant, Philip LaZebnik, Box Office, Gross USA, $141.6M, MPAA Rating, Critic Reviews, Gene Siskel, Laura Shapiro, David Hepworth, Richard Corliss, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Rita Kempley, Kathi Maio, Rachel Wagner, Malcolm Johnson, Peter Canavese, James Plath, Scott G Mignola, Audience Reviews, Alice S, Matthew Samuel M, Alex r, Adventure, Romance, Disney, Animated, Native American, Settlers, Gold, Love, Family, Music, Songs, Soundtrack, Mel Gibson, Irene Bedard, Judy Kuhn, Linda Hunt, Frank Welker, John Kassir, Grandmother Willow, Flit, Meeko, Directed by Mike Gabriel, Eric Goldberg, Produced by James Pentecost, Written by Carl Binder, Andrew Chapman, Joe Grant, Susannah Grant, Philip LaZebnik, Box Office, Gross USA, $141.6M, MPAA Rating, Critic Reviews, Gene Siskel, Laura Shapiro, David Hepworth, Richard Corliss, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Rita Kempley, Kathi Maio, Rachel Wagner, Malcolm Johnson, Peter Canavese, James Plath, Scott G Mignola, Audience Reviews, Alice S, Matthew Samuel M, Alex r
Worldwide gross: $346,079,773
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $680,517,370
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 181
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 74,211,273
US/Canada gross: $141,579,773
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $278,396,781
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 220
US/Canada opening weekend: $2,689,714
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $5,288,946
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,091
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $55,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $108,149,792
Production budget ranking: 361
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $58,238,663
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $514,128,916
ROI to date (est.): 309%
ROI ranking: 449
Judy Kuhn – Pocahontas (singing) (Voice)
Mel Gibson – John Smith (Voice)
Linda Hunt – Grandmother Willow (Voice)
John Kassir – Meeko
Frank Welker – Flit (Voice)
Director(s)
Mike Gabriel, Eric Goldberg
Writer(s)
Carl Binder, Andrew Chapman, Joe Grant, Susannah Grant, Philip LaZebnik
Producer(s)
James Pentecost
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Won 2 Oscars
15 wins & 7 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures Winners, Oscar Original Score Winners, Oscar Original Song Winners, Oscar Winners
All Critics (56) | Top Critics (19) | Fresh (31) | Rotten (25)
The film may take you by surprise with its quick ending, running only 76 minutes before the credits roll. I wanted more both times I saw it.
August 16, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/5
Gene Siskel
Chicago Tribune
TOP CRITIC
Just about everything in this lavish, animated feature is for the pigtail set.
September 2, 2008
Laura Shapiro
Newsweek
TOP CRITIC
The story is clearly told, the effort is undeniable, but it doesn’t stick with you like the classics.
September 2, 2008 | Rating: 3/5
David Hepworth
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
[A] handsome, deeply felt, even more deeply reverent animated musical.
September 2, 2008
Richard Corliss
TIME Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Overall this seems like a reasonable stab at an impossible agenda.
September 2, 2008
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
All Disney has really done in its disappointing 33rd animated feature is revive the stereotype of the Noble Savage.
September 2, 2008
Rita Kempley
Washington Post
TOP CRITIC
This is a real woman’s life. And now, the cultural event that is a Disney blockbuster has coopted that life.
August 15, 2019
Kathi Maio
Sojourner
It’s just frustrating because they had an opportunity to take actual events and make them into a great movie.
May 8, 2019 | Rating: D-
Rachel Wagner
rachelsreviews.net
Its comic characters are paltry; its villain is a bloated, harmless Captain Hook; and its story line is negligible as well as palpably silly.
June 8, 2018
Malcolm Johnson
Hartford Courant
It’s hard to excuse the reconception of the eleven or twelve-year-old Pocahontas…as a statuesque supermodel, especially as kids don’t need their stories to be hung on romance to deem them, err, shapely. [Blu-ray]
October 15, 2012 | Rating: 2.5/4
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews
“Pocahontas” isn’t an A-movie in the Disney catalog, but it’s a solid second-tier film that, despite its romanticizing of the “noble savage,” nonetheless features themes that are wholesome and consistent with Disney’s messaging.
August 12, 2012 | Rating: 7/10
James Plath
Movie Metropolis
Fine for kids; just don’t expect a history lesson.
January 2, 2011 | Rating: 3/5
Scott G. Mignola
Common Sense Media…
Plot
This is the Disney animated tale of the romance between a young Native American woman named Pocahontas (Irene Bedard) and Captain John Smith (Mel Gibson), who journeyed to the New World with other settlers to begin fresh lives. Her powerful father, Chief Powhatan (Russell Means), disapproves of their relationship and wants her to marry a native warrior. Meanwhile, Smith’s fellow Englishmen hope to rob the Native Americans of their gold. Can Pocahontas’ love for Smith save the day?
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
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