Best movie ever!

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Blistering performances.

I really like how Disney expanded their version of the Aladdin story in their TV series and the direct to DVD sequels, but this one kind of let me down. The voice acting is great and I really liked the music, but the quality of the animation is quite poor by Disney standards. Normally, I wouldn't be so particular about the art but the drop in quality from the first movie, to the TV show to this sequel is precipitous. The color palette is so muted it seems like the animators were told only to use a maximum of 16 throughout the entire running time. The familiar characters are still quite recognizable, but they all lack detail and depth that you come to expect from Disney. I know that the direct-to-DVD products are given smaller budgets, but that doesn't justify just how cheap this movie looks.There are still lots of redeeming parts of this movie, but the lack of visual polish is too distracting for me to enjoy them.

Most of the time when straight to video Disney Sequels are made you can understand why the film was not released in theatres. However in the case of Aladdin and the King of Thieves I feel that this film should have been released in the theatres.Aladdin and Jasmine have their wedding interrupted by an attack by the Forty Thieves. Soon Aladdin learns that his father is the King of Thieves. He brings his father back to Agraba hoping that he will reform, however Aladdins father has hopes of finding the ultimate treasure no matter the cost.The artwork for this film is way better than in The Return of Jafar. Also the story is excellent and action packed.One of the main reasons why this film works is the return of Robin Williams. He is as hilarious as ever as the Genie, and actually I think that he is much more funny in this film as opposed to the first Aladdin film. Genie is hilarious in this film and that is the major reason this film is great.Also I like how Aladdin's father is in this film. A great idea and I think that this somewhat is similar to the third Indiana Jones film. Not only is the idea similar but the fact that they got the actor who played Sallah in the Indiana Jones Trilogy (his name escapes me) makes the idea work all that much better.Also there is a good villain in Suluk, a sort of huge evil guy with a sharp claw thing on one of his hands.I guess the one flaw might be the lack of great songs. If they had improved on that a little this film would have been perfect. But I would rather there be great humor, action, and story than a few great songs.If they had improved the artwork a little, and added some awesomer music this would have been a great film to release in theatres.Of all the Disney sequels that have been released straight to video, this is BY FAR the best. I recommend this film greatly.

OK, it isn't as good as the original, but it is a huge improvement on The Return of Jafar.TROJ wasn't terrible, it was just disappointing. The characters are more mature here, and yes Robin Williams is back and in hilarious form. The only reason why this isn't a 10, is because it just can't compete with the original, which is a 10. The animation is better than in TROJ, and so is the humour. True there are colour changes in some scenes, but that is what is to expected. Jasmine's animation is my only complaint, it was a little deflated, but I thought she was animated worse in TROJ, where she lacked her vivacity that she had in the original. I loved all the Genie's jokes. Here, he imitates Sylvester Stallone, Bob Hope, Forrest Gump, Mrs. Doubfire and Steamboat Willie to great comical effect. My favourite was when he shouted STAMPEDE dressed up like a cowboy. The story, while complicated, is well-told, much more involving than TROJ, and fills the running time perfectly. Never once is it boring. The songs are so much better than TROJ, bringing a nostalgic feeling to the original, and some of them have humour in them. "In or out" is my favourite. The score by Mark Watters is just brilliant, and deserves a mention.The voice-talents are great. Iago is less irritating in this movie, and Robin Willaims is fantastic. There is also pitch-perfect support from Jim Cummings, Jerry Orbach and John Rhys-Davies, especially from Rhys-Davies. All in all, watch this movie, you'll enjoy it ! 9/10. Bethany Cox

Before Disney began to spit out sequels to almost every animated movie they've made, "Aladdin" was the first film who got two sequels and a television series. For me they could just make the sequels, cause the TV series were, except some few episodes, really awful! The good ol' "Aladdin" from 1992 has earned it's "Disney classic" reputation. Unlike the people I know, I enjoyed "Return of Jafar" (although it had some flaws).Still, "Aladdin and the King of Thieves" has a better plot and story than "Return of Jafar". But it's also is a more serious and heavy-handed cartoon than the two previous "Aladdin" films, even surpassing "Pocahontas" for seriousness. Still, "King of Thieves" is a watchable and a okay movie.It's great to see the good ol' Genie (with Robin Williams' voice) back in action! Aladdin himself has gone through many changes throughout the films and the series and this film he's more sentimental and selfless in this picture (unlike the selfish "kind of" hero in the series) and so are Jasmine and Abu. Unfortunately, Rajah the tiger doesn't appear so much in this feature.This movie has a new composer for the score, which is a nice change. The animation is of course not so great, but still it's colorful.