Atlantis: Milo's Return

"The all-new adventures"

2003 1h 20m EN

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★6.3TMDB · 3,926★5.1IMDB · 8,573

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Synopsis

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Milo and Kida reunite with their friends to investigate strange occurances around the world that seem to have links to the secrets of Atlantis.

“The all-new adventures”

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Cast

James Arnold Taylor
Milo (voice)
Cree Summer
Kida (voice)
John Mahoney
Whitmore (voice)
Jacqueline Obradors
Audrey / Nurse (voice)
Don Novello
Vinny (voice)
Corey Burton
Mole (voice)
Phil Morris
Sweet (voice)
Florence Stanley
Packard (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Victor Cook
Writers: Steve Englehart, Henry Gilroy, Tad Stones
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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80 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 23 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Atlantis Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Don L. Harper. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor John Royer shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

ERA

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James Arnold Taylor and Cree Summer and John Mahoney carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The all-new adventures".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0344864 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Victor Cook directs. Don L. Harper scores. John Royer cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

180 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 23 years ago.
3Part of the "Atlantis Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Original score by Don L. Harper. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor John Royer shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6James Arnold Taylor and Cree Summer and John Mahoney carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The all-new adventures".
8IMDB entry: tt0344864 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 14 themes, including "submarine", "atlantis", "cartoon", "animal attack".
10Released under 17 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Original score: Don L. Harper
Editing: John Royer
Runtime: 80 min · 1h 20m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): G
IMDB: Atlantis: Milo's Return (2003)
IMDB rating: 5.1/10 · 8,573 votes
MPAA: G

Awards

1 nomination.

Part of

Atlantis Collection

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Victor Cook

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r96sk2020-07-14
★ 4/10
Terrible, which is very disappointing given how impressive the original is. Michael J. Fox's departure as Milo immediately lowers the expectancy of the film, as does the instant sign of the animation being inferior. The plot starts off mildly interesting, even if it does feel like a <em>'What's New, Scooby-Doo?'</em> story, but quickly loses it with two poor plots. It is one rounded off premise, though it's practically still that annoying multiple stories rolled into one thing that Disney so often do for sequels. The film takes place, almost entirely, away from Atlantis which is utterly pointless. I had expected we'd see more of the world we left in the 2001 production, sadly they immediately revert back to the 'real world' which is massively less intriguing. None of the voice cast or the characters themselves are memorable, they force a new one called Obby, a lavadog, into the mix which doesn't work whatsoever; he is just used to advance the plot at one particular point. As you can tell, I didn't like <em>'Atlantis: Milo’s Return'</em> at all. Everything from the animation to the pacing is just so bad, in my opinion of course.
CinemaSerf2023-09-03
★ 5/10
We start off watching the destruction of the legendary city before advancing several thousand years to meet "Milo" - a rather geeky young man whose grandfather had been obsessed with the mystery surrounding the lost continent. Gazillionaire "Preston Whitmore" recruits him on a perilous expedition to try and find the truth - so equipped with a submarine and a crew you just know have another agenda, off they go. The first forty minutes of this over-long adventure is much more reminiscent of something from Jules Verne, only spent on elongated character establishment scenarios, some borderline slapstick humour and by the time the film gets anywhere near it's sharp end, I could already feel a sense of ennui setting in. Michael J. Fox does inject some character as the young lad, and James Garner has his tongue firmly in his cheek as the completely untrustworthy "Rourke", but that can't really inject enough to create any sense of pace into this competently, but unremarkably, animated feature. The style of the artistry, though colourful, is clearly computer generated. The animations lack depth or texture and coupled with a really average storyline leaves this in a sort of Disney limbo. It is certainly not as bad as some that were produced ten years earlier, but it is still factory-style output that lacks for imagination and any of the traditional uniqueness that this studio used to deliver. It is watchable enough, but pretty forgettable.