The Return of Jafar (1994) (V)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Directors:

Toby Shelton
Tad Stones

Writers:

Kevin Campbell (writer)
Duane Capizzi (story)

Release Date:

20 May 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Musical | Fantasy

Plot:

Jafar comes for revenge on Aladdin, using a foolish thief and Iago's trechery to find away back into power.

Plot Keywords:

Genie | Princess | Wrongful Conviction | Edited From TV Series | Monkey

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jonathan Freeman	...	Red Genie: Jafar (voice)
Gilbert Gottfried	...	Iago the Parrot (voice)
Jason Alexander	...	Abis Mal, the Chief of the Thieves (voice)
Scott Weinger	...	Aladdin 'Al' (voice)
Linda Larkin	...	Princess Jasmine (voice)
Jim Cummings	...	Razoul the Chief Guard (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Abu the Monkey (voice)
Dan Castellaneta	...	Blue Genie (voice)
Val Bettin	...	The Sultan of Agrabah (voice)
Brad Kane	...	Aladdin 'Al' (singing voice)
Liz Callaway	...	Princess Jasmine (singing voice)
Jeff Bennett	...	Thief (voice)
Brian Hannan	...	Thief (voice)
B.J. Ward	...	Street Mother (voice)

Also Known As:

Aladdin 2 (USA) (promotional title)

Runtime:

69 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

Iceland:L | Portugal:M/4 | South Korea:All | Australia:G | Germany:o.Al. | Singapore:G | UK:U | USA:G | Greece:K

Company:

Walt Disney Home Video

Trivia:

'Robin Williams' was not a part of this movie due to a disagreement with Disney (see trivia for Aladdin (1992).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Aladdin and Jasmine make up in the palace garden (during Iago's song "Forget About Love"), Aladdin is wearing his "Ali Ababwa" prince clothes. When the we return to them after a scene with Jafar and Abis Mal, Aladdin and Jasmine are still in the palace garden, but Aladdin is suddenly wearing his "streetrat" clothes.

Quotes:

Iago: I've got sand in places I didn't even know I had!

Movie Connections:

References Cinderella (1950)

Soundtrack:

Arabian Nights

Not as good as Aladdin, but who cares?

Rule number one in movie viewing friends: never, ever expect a sequel to be better that the original. because it usually isn't. The Return of Jafar is no where near as good as Aladdin, but it is still generally good. This really wasn't even supposed to be a sequel. It was supposed to be the first five episodes of the animated series, thus explaining the change in animation. The story is fairly good and the movie has some good songs. And in defense of Dan Castellaneta, he does a good job as the Genie and sounds sort of like Robin Williams. Don't judge him just because of Williams' performance. It was not as good as Aladdin, but why would you expect it to be?