Aladdin: The Return of Jafar

Revisiting this many years after the fact, the core story of Jafar's revenge and Iago's redemption isn't awful, but it's surrounded by poor animation, forgettable songs, and cringey attempts at humor. Dan Castellaneta is many things, but he's no Robin Williams.

As a child I remember being quite upset the day my VCR ate this tape (and subsequently died). Something about Genie-Jafar was unspeakably awesome to young me. Retrospectively, I mourn the loss of my VCR. It killed itself instead of finishing this, using its last breath to mangle the film forever. It was trying to protect me.

Who would decide to give Gilbert Gottfried not one, but two songs? WHO?

A lot, I mean a lot of wasted potential. Jafar is such a good villain, and the story in general wasn't as bad as it could have been, but it all feels squandered. The story could have used a bit more tweaking, but overall Jafar setting up Aladdin was a fairly interesting angle for a kid's movie. Poor animation and lackluster music really bring this down though. I remembered enjoying this as a kid, and it's not the worst ever, but it's also not really good either.

Nothing less than a huge disappointment for fans of the original.

Totally unnecessary and a huge step down from the original.

This is just god awful. The animation is really poor in terms of quality, and the premise is just so plain terrible. Just a worthless cash-in sequel that to me is a pilot for the TV series.

Quite poor, especially compared to the original. It makes sense given the format that there would be a decline in the overall quality, but seeing as most movies of this kind are obvious cash-grabs, I feel no remorse in trashing it.

Gilbert Gottfried annoys children of all ages.

I didn’t feel like this plot was necessary if everyone had just been a little smarter, but if you assume all the adults in the story are dumber than the kids watching it, it’s fine, and I think most of the time the adults making it are also dumber than the kids watching it, so it’s good to let kids know what to expect from most adults they’ll deal with the rest of their lives. And anyway, the animation is cool & story is fun and sassy.

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A pretty flagrant cash-in on the goodwill generated by Part 1, but not as soulless as feared – its shortcomings feel like a case of budget stripping for direct to video - second-rate animation makes this less satisfying to look at; the return of (almost) all of the key cast members helps, and it’s fun to see Iago given a bigger and more extensive role here in the wake of Gottfried’s death. Salute to Castellaneta's bravery, who can’t fulfill an impossible task and probably shouldn’t have tried!

Seen: 2.

Worse than the original in every way. The story isn't that bad, but the voice acting and music is poor, especially in comparison to the original, and the animation is just awful. No Robin Williams?????

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My SCORING: 99-96=Great; 95-90=Very good; 89-85=Good; 84-80=So-so; 79-70=Boring; Below 70=Forget it.

Disney once again trying to squeeze every penny out of a successful film.

Yikes. Really disappointing cash in job. I'd expect more from Disney... no, I wouldn't, but still, disappointing.

The Return of Jafar lacks the atmosphere and heart that made the original a classic, instead opting for poorly-drawn animation and forgettable musical numbers.

No good, but who would expect it to be?

I find The Return of Jafar fascinating. Long after having watched it, the idea behind the plot, my recollection of certain scenes, the poster; all seem to draw me back to rewatch and reconsider it. Alas I do and it almost immediately becomes apparent why it's considered such a maligned sequel. Bad animation, lacklustre music, and a tepid pace make for a painfully disappointing film. Until the next time!

I found it terrifying when I was younger. While many of the characters and drawings look very racist, Jafar is still one of the best Disney villains.

I didn't hate this. Heck, I didn't realize the animation was piss poor until a few years later. Some of the songs are even catchy. But then again, it is kind of bad.

Definitely not great, but it's actually one of the better Disney sequels (not a high bar)

A very fun, but short, movie, with Dan Castallaneta being as fun as Robin Williams.

Pretty sure I've seen it more often than the first one

Despite this being creepy, I'll admit I'd totally bang Jasmine.

I don't know what went wrong here. The animation got a serious downgrade, there were lots of bad, pointless songs, Homer Simpson took the Genie's place... For some reason the third movie would be a lot better.

Good for the kids.

DUDE! WHAT HAPPENED TO ROBIN WILLIAMS!?

It has nothing on the original, but I still quite enjoyed it. The animation is surprisingly poor, the voice acting is consideraly weaker for some reason, and the premise silly but...I enjoyed it. I don't know what else to say, really.

I really like Aladin, but this dissapointed me a bit. I was missing the action and magic of the first film in this one.

Feels like little more than an attempt to cash in on the success of a great movie. I did enjoy it when I was young, but even then I recall it seemed a little pointless.

I was fine with this Aladdin sequel, even if the movie was terrible. I loved Aladdin as a kid, but does not hold water now.

So bad it almost made me hate the first one.

Very much the epitome of a direct-to-video cartoon sequel. The third one is better, but you have to watch this one to understand the continuity of the story for the third one.

All right sequal more of a pilot for the animated series

I've grown to hate the first cartoon, this sequel I loathed from the second I saw it

Crappy sequel? Yes. But I sure do love me some Aladdin movies. :D I'm also a big Iago fan, so I liked that he was a major part of this movie.

Shameless attempt to make more money.

The animation is cheap and there are major continuity issues (Aladdin's clothes completely change in one scene). Yet it's still a fairly good sequel as far as the Disney sequels go - maybe because it was one of the first.

Old school animation still rocks!

I remember being really unimpressed by this when I was seven.

It is not that it is bad, is unnecessary.

decent

If you watch it as an adult, yeah, it's completely mediocre, the humor is all juvenile, and the animation is Saturday morning cartoon. But I liked it when I was a kid, because I liked Iago and was glad he turned good. Minor-league passive amusement.

I'm not sure why everybody thought this sucked so much, I thought it was decent enough.