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Sunday, July 21, 1996

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

Cast: Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Tony Jay, Kevin Kline, Paul Kandel, Jason Alexander
For complete cast info, see IMDb's The Hunchback of Notre Dame page.

I've been a fan of the story The Hunchback of Notre Dame, since I saw the TV movie in 1982. The TV movie made me cry. I didn't expect that of the Disney version, I know it's for kids and that they'd leave out a lot of the story, but I still expected it to be good.

Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame has the worst music I can remember in a Disney movie (with a couple exceptions, like God Help the Outcasts). The gargoyles were ridiculous, though I thought it was cute that they were named Victor, Hugo, and Laverne (after the author of the novel, Victor Hugo and his wife).

The scene where Esmeralda sings God Help the Outcasts is wonderfully done. So is the Topsy Turvy scene. The rest of the movie is questionable at best and very disappointing.

I'm sure I would have seen this even if I didn't work for The Disney Stores at the time, but at least I wouldn't have to explain it to parents then...

Grade: C

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