Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Genre: Animation/
Family/ Drama
Runtime: 91
minutes
Year:
1997
Starring: Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Kevin Kline, Jason Alexander, Jim Cummings, Tony
Jay
I WATCHED THIS MOVIE FOR MY 2023 MOVIE CHALLENGE
WEEK 47: A MUSICAL
Description: A deformed
bell-ringer (Tom Hulce) must assert his independence from a vicious government
minister (Tony Jay) in order to help his friend, a gypsy dancer (Demi Moore).
Review: Victor Hugo’s classic story begins in the film with
the festival of fools. Quasimo lives in the bell tower of Notre Dame and dreams
of being among people for once. Judge Frollo, who raised him, made Quasimodo
believe that no one would accept a ‘monster’. But at the urging of his three
friends, Gargoyles Victor, Hugo and Laverne, he descends to the revelry anyway.
At first, people believe he is in
disguide, but the crowd discovers that Quasimodo is not wearing a mask. In front
of Frollo, he is tied up and pelted with rotten tomates. The judge forbids his
new captain Phoebus to intervene. But gypsy woman Esmeralda cannot stand this
mistreatment and finally cuts Quasimodo loose. Frollo declares her an outlaw
and sets about hunting her down. The only safe haven for Esmeralda is the Notre
Dame, with Quasimodo as her only friend.
Like Victor Hugo’s “Les Misérables”,
“The Hunchback of Notre Dame” lends itself fairly well as a musical in which
Gregorian singing, quiet songs and rousing melodies alternate. The film starts
off very sad. Within the first 30 minutes, Quasimodo is almost tossed in a well
as a baby, Frollo makes him sing he is deformed and a monster and he is tied up
and humiliated in front of an entire crowd. It does become much happier and
unlike the novel, the film has a happy ending. It’s still Disney.
Rating: 3,5/ 5
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