


This is not a movie for children in any way, shape or form. That scene where Quasimodo holds Esmerelda up in front of the rose window and yells, "Sanctuary!" still gives me chills. The music was also fantastic, by the way, as was the cinematography (although those crowd scenes begin to look really fake after a while). During the entire movie, I was amazed and spellbound. When Disney released this movie, which dealt with extremely heavy subject matter in an extremely tasteful manner, I jumped for joy. I am 17 years old I grew up watching The Little Mermaid and Aladdin. later, we both ran frantically to go buy the CD and read the book (which, actually, was rather different than the movie, but hey.).

Going into the theater to see this movie, my friend and I (who are "cynical" teenage movie critics) honestly expected to be disappointed, especially after the relatively blah Pocahontas.
