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That said, fans of the Parisian-set animated feature don’t let that get in the way. All these become much more clear when watching the film back as an adult.

But it’s the film’s darker themes and messages that seem to have stuck with audiences, decades after the film’s release.Įven with a G rating from the MPAA, the film explored the more mature subject matter of religious persecution, sin, sexual desire, ableism, infanticide, Europe’s shameful history of antiziganism, and genocide, among others.

With music written and produced by the storied Alan Menken (you know, the same man responsible for the iconic music from The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas, Mulan, among others) the film earned Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for the score. The modern-day retelling of Victor Hugo’s 1831 tragic classic about Quasimodo’s longing for acceptance and love was watered down significantly for a younger audience and was released during the heyday of the Disney renaissance of the ’90. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the studio’s 1996 release featured memorable music and the voices of some of the biggest stars of the day (Demi Moore, Jason Alexander, and Kevin Kline, to name a few), but it was also the most adult in nature, with certain elements barely making the final cut. Looking back at Disney’s canon of animated features that dominate the hearts and minds of fans, it’s clear one film always gets relegated to the bottom of the list.

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