The Emperor's New Groove (December 9 at 7, 9 and 11 p.m. at the CWRU Film Society, Strosacker Auditorium)

[THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE screens Friday December 9th at 7, 9 and 11 pm at the CWRU Film Society, Strosacker Auditorium.]

Review by Charles Cassady, Jr.

Like something out of Rankin/Bass' Island of Misfit Toys, THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE is an oddball also-ran from Disney's Magic Kingdom of animation, a featherweight burlesque from 2000 that looks like it was doodled out hastily as a goof, take it or leave it. The anything-goes sense of humor and sitcom-based lines have equal appeal to children and grownups, so there's that. Many cartoons before or since can't even boast that much.