Hercules | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

It's clever, empty, imaginatively drawn, more for adults than kids, and yet further evidence that the great American public is no longer thought capable of responding to anything beyond the present moment and their own backyard.

Directed by John Muster and Ron Clements, Hercules has the buoyancy of their The Little Mermaid (but not its excellent score) and the sass of their Aladdin (without being a one-genie show).

Hercules, all told, deserves a Greek chorus of congratulations. Not every movie manages to be both hit and myth.

There are several reasons why people will flock to Hercules, one being its reassuring rootedness in the old Disney tradition, another being its imaginativeness in extending that tradition in new stylistic directions.

For grown-ups who want to see animation treated as an art form, Hercules is already a winner.