Live Action Lion King Rating

A Disney live-action remake that successfully updates the original, The Lion King adds gorgeous new visual effects to a story the audience knows by heart. Read Audience Reviews. The Lion King: Directed by Jon Favreau.

With Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Oliver, James Earl Jones, John Kani. After the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom only to learn the true meaning of responsibility and bravery. Visually stunning remake is darker, more violent.

Read Common Sense Media's The Lion King review, age rating, and parents guide. Despite a star-studded cast featuring Beyonce and Donald Glover, the live-action adaptation doesn't build on the 1994 original. I happen to find the live-action Disney reboots easy to admire but hard to warm to - supremely unlovable, indeed, and stripped of the consoling charm that we look for in their animated sources.

The opening of Disney's live-action remake of The Lion King had me scratching my head. "Are those real animals?" From roaming giraffes to grazing rhinos, the animals seem so lifelike. Was Disney's 2019 "The Lion King" remake worthy of its animated classic? Read our in-depth movie review covering the stunning photorealistic CGI, star-studded voice cast (Donald Glover, Beyoncé, James Earl Jones), and beloved soundtrack.

Find out if this Jon Favreau film is worth watching. Jon Favreau's "live action" remake of Disney's The Lion King possesses all the immersive detail and tactile immediacy of an unusually good nature documentary. It transports us.

The cinematographer is Caleb Deschanel, who shot some of the greatest live-action animal adventures in movie history, including " The Black Stallion," and this production straightforwardly owns the notion of "realness," modeling its animals on actual creatures, defining character more through body type and ingenious details of movement. Ratings The Lion King IMDb rating The IMDb rating is weighted to help keep it reliable.