Video Review

Joseph: King of Dreams (2012)

EW's GRADE
D

Details Movie Rated: Unrated; Genres: Animation, Kids and Family; With: Ben Affleck and Mark Hamill; Distributor: Dreamworks Distribution L.L.C.

More interested in profits than prophets, DreamWorks pharaoh Jeffrey Katzenberg rips a page from the Disney playbook with Joseph: King of Dreams, a chintzy direct-to-video spin-off of The Prince of Egypt. Affleck forcefully voices the titular visionary sold into slavery, but if this ballad-laden biblical pabulum is the kind of family-friendly entertainment John McCain and Joseph Lieberman want Hollywood to produce, God help us all. D

Originally posted Nov 10, 2000 Published in issue #568 Nov 10, 2000 Order article reprints

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