3/4  Will eventually be a Disney classic
'Pocahontas' is far from being my favorite movie from Disney, but it is cool anyway. Pocahontas is the daughter of a Native American tribe chief. She is a free spirited and a beautiful young woman, and she knows every little place and crea... (read full)

2.5/4  Pocahontas Quick Review
Didn't care for this one. Story wasn't as good as others and the characters weren't as endearing.

1.5/4  Pocahontas Quick Review
The beginning of the end for Disney's animation studio. This was released the same year as Toy Story.

4/5 Pocahontas DVD
  by Brian Ingalls (Prescott, AZ)
This was my first DVD purchase from Amazon.com. It arrived on-time and shipped with proper protection for the DVD. I greatly enjoyed the film with the vibrant colors of the scenes and wonderful musical scores. I would highly recommend this film!

4/5 Will the real Pocahontas please stand up?
  by Gwyneth Sergio (Seatle)
My mother used to say I was descended from the real Pocahontas's tribe, but I never saw any evidence to that effect. Nevertheless, it interested me in looking up her story. The real story is that she was a hostage of the white settlers, assigned to Capt. Smith when she was a teenager captured from her father's house. Since this was a well-known Indian custom (and ancient practice among humans), there was little surprise or action proceeding from this kidnapping, and she was a hostage to peace between the Powhatans and the Europeans. It is unknown what Smith's and Pocahontas's feelings were about each other. Smith took her, still a teenager, to England dressed in English clothing of the time (and most of the true portrayals of Pocahontas are in English clothing). Smith did marry her, and Pocahontas bore him a child. She died of (I think) tuberculosis before she and her family could sail back to the US, at the age of 19, having been displayed at the English court as a reformed savage.

1/5 political correct nonsense
  by read a little (usa)
This is a children's movie that no child should see. It is full of political correct inane, unthinking nonsense and the characters are depicted in a crass and coarse manner. No child should be subject to this foolish portrayal of the evil white man and the noble indian. I suggest that parents read accounts of King Phillip's War which raged across New England during the colonial period. Certainly there is enough criticism to go around to both groups and children should be taught a few complex truths.


5/5 Pochantas
  by Vera B. Gable
Thenk you. I facilitate a book club with members from our Local MRDD facility. We read Pochantas as a recent selection. I was looking for the movie to use as our culminating activity. This arrived in a timely manner and was just what I was looking for. Vera

4/5 Beautiful animation
  by James D. Crabtree (Guantanamo Bay, Cuba)
A fun story about the collision of cultures as the English and the native American tribes clash with each other in colonial Virginia. As always with Disney films there is some excellent musical scores and an entertaining storyline. A fun film for the whole family!