Aladdin (1992)

I saw this when it first came out and my boys watched it a few times on VHS when they were kids, but it never really stuck with me. Though I enjoyed it more this time around, a key piece of Gene Siskel's original review kept going through my mind. It was something like "It should've been called 'Genie'" and he got that exactly right. Without Robin Williams' brilliant voice work, this would be just another one of Disney's "sad princess needs rescuing" tale.

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