Tate Donovan, James Woods, Susan Egan

The son of the Greek Gods Zeus and Hera is stripped of his immortality as an infant and must become a true hero in order to reclaim it.

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G, 1 hr. 27 min.

Directed by: John Musker, Ron Clements

Release Date: June 15, 1997

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DVD Release Date: November 9, 1999

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  • September 28, 2009
    It's a wonder that it took Disney so long to get to the gods of Greek mythology...

    Starting with a Day-Glo Olympian city in the clouds, this new animated feature has something old (mythology), something new (a Pegasus equipped with helicopter blades), something borrowed...( read more) (a gospel singing group) and something blue (the flaming hair of Hades, which turns red when he gets mad--it works like a mood ring)...tee hee...



    Hercules, known as Herc, is a rather different character here than in the pages of ``Bullfinch's Mythology.'' There, you may recall, he murdered his wife and children. Here he's a big cute hunk who's so clumsy he knocks over temples by accident, but you gotta love the guy...

    Herc (voice by Tate Donovan), child of a god and a human, who must leave his father, Zeus (Rip Torn), in heaven and toil among the mortals to earn his ticket back to paradise. Herc stumbles through adolescence as the clumsy ``Jerkules'' before a statue of his father comes to life and reads him the rules. His tutor will be the satyr Philoctetes (Danny DeVito), who like all the best movie trainers advises his student to do as he says and not as he does...



    Playing on the other team is Hades, Lord of the Underworld, voiced by James Woods with diabolical glee... Hades is assisted by the two little form-shifting sidekicks Pain and Panic (Bobcat Goldthwait and Matt Frewer), who are able to disguise themselves in many different shapes while meddling with Herc's well-being. Another one of Hades' weapons is the curvaceous Megara (Susan Egan), known as Meg, who is assigned to seduce Herc but ends up falling in love with the lug...
  • June 4, 2009
    Great kids movie.
  • March 29, 2009
    Hercules is a fun tale. It's not among the best of the Disney movies, but it's cool for an occasional viewing. Who doesn't love Greek myth?

    Disney took a lot of liberties with the story, so don't expect this to be true to source. That didn't bother me much, but the overall song ...( read more)quality did. There was only one good song in this movie, and for a Disney movie, that's absolutely awful. It's a little sad that the creators didn't make Hercules as good as it could have potentially been, but kids should still love it, regardless.
  • March 6, 2008
    3 bad boys for childhood
  • October 1, 2007
    Only saw it once but I liked it still trying to get it for my dvd collection.
  • November 23, 2009
    fill the cheer, with full family watch this
  • November 20, 2009
    Good Disney film, though the animation is horrible.
  • November 14, 2009
    Pretty intense for Disney. I love greek mythology and still have a lot of vivid memories form when I saw this years ago.
  • November 12, 2009
    jajaj no se m parese muy e gurisito jeje beos
  • November 9, 2009
    Pretty sad that I know all the words to the songs in this movie...

Critic Reviews


January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Jumps into the ancient legends feet-first, cheerfully tossing out what won't fit and combining what's left into a new look and a lighthearted style. full review

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  • GymNetic25
    December 21, 2007
    Not the greatest Disney film I have seen but it wasn't bad. I love Greek Mythology even though Disney wasn't up to par with it. A cute film with animation. The songs in this movie are a miss expect for "I Can Go the Distance". If you haven't seen this film you should see it just for the Greek Mythology theming. 3 stars
  • ShimmerMePretty
    October 26, 2007
    Love the movie its an enjoyable watch everytime !
    All the charactors are great :]
  • chochylife
    May 6, 2007
    i liked this movie... i love ricky martin and he made the voice of hercules in spanish, i really love that, it's one of my favorites animated movies
  • Spacepilot3000
    February 28, 2007
    I'm suprised it was only made in 1997, i could of sworen it was made ma few years earlier.

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