Name : Jordan Mintzer / Alias : Hollywood Reporter
All of this feels awfully simplistic, like a 10-minute cartoon sketch bloated into a full-length movie, and one that's backed by an over-explanatory voiceover that can sometimes sound awkward.

Name : Richard Gehr / Alias : Village Voice
A typical Disney knuckle dragger.

Name : Richard Corliss / Alias : TIME Magazine
Disney's animators triumph by turning the ape-man into a questing kid with a surfer's agility and an identity crisis!

Name : Liam Lacey / Alias : Globe and Mail
Travels light, moves quickly and leaves very little in its wake.

Name : Susan Wloszczyna / Alias : USA Today
With Tarzan, Disney returns to the fertile ground of its reigning animated triumph, The Lion King, and unveils its most vibrant and virile hero in ages.

Name : Julie Hinds / Alias : San Jose Mercury News
Disney's animation is always dazzling to the eye, but Tarzan is especially kinetic.

Name : Bob Longino / Alias : Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It's both a little scary and a lot funny, and kids will no doubt lap it up.

Name : Lisa Schwarzbaum / Alias : Entertainment Weekly
Disney's most elegant animated 'classic' in years!

Name : Bob Fenster / Alias : Arizona Republic
The movie itself is filled with more fun than any Tarzan film in decades.

Name : Janet Maslin / Alias : New York Times
Though it relinquishes some of Disney's toehold on an adult audience for animation, Tarzan is sprightly and likable in ways that are hard to resist.

Name : Geoff Andrew / Alias : Time Out
No classic, but very enjoyable.

Name : Peter Debruge / Alias : Variety
The motion capture feels like a stunt, while the stunts . don't.

Name : Kenneth Turan / Alias : Los Angeles Times
Adroit vocal casting, an entertaining script, an unexpectedly energetic soundtrack, and some splendid technical breakthroughs.

Name : Jeff Millar / Alias : Houston Chronicle
Simply a smashingly well-done example of animated storytelling.

Name : Cody Clark / Alias : Mr. Showbiz
Tarzan is the cinematic equivalent of a Cajun McChicken sandwich - it's a little bit bold, a little bit spicy, and a whole lot of McMovie.

Name : Todd McCarthy / Alias : Variety
A rambunctious, visually arresting, occasionally poignant musical adventure!

Name : Nancy Churnin / Alias : Dallas Morning News
Disney's Tarzan is kinder, gentler and a lot more fun than in previous movie incarnations!

Name : Sean Means / Alias : Film.com
Tarzan will thrill and inspire children and their parents alike.

Name : Peter Travers / Alias : Rolling Stone
Minnie Driver gives Jane a throaty, teasing allure that suggests nights in the jungle won't be Disney dull for the T-man.

Name : Rod Dreher / Alias : New York Post
Disney's Tarzan is not only the summer's most thrilling mainstream movie so far, it's also the best animated feature the studio has put out since The Lion King.

Name : James Berardinelli / Alias : ReelViews
From a purely visual standpoint, this may be the most impressive of all of Disney's traditionally animated features!

Name : Michael Wilmington / Alias : Chicago Tribune
Entertaining and spectacular!

Name : Trevor Johnston / Alias : Time Out
Proves that technical knowhow and a reliable old yarn will only get you so far when imagination is lacking.

Name : Robert Horton / Alias : Film.com
Tarzan is both lush and bustling!

Name : Peter Stack / Alias : San Francisco Chronicle
So far, the most entertaining film of the year.

Name : Peter Rainer / Alias : New York Magazine/Vulture
Perhaps Disney thought the best way to get around the ooga-booga stereotype was to eliminate blacks altogether.

Name : Roger Ebert / Alias : Chicago Sun-Times
Something deep within the Tarzan myth speaks to us, and Disney's new animated Tarzan captures it.

Name : Desson Thomson / Alias : Washington Post
There's ne'er a dull visual moment!

Name : Lisa Alspector / Alias : Chicago Reader
The stylized physiques and movements of the characters in this exciting animated musical-romance-adventure are at once realist and fantastic.

Name : David Ansen / Alias : Newsweek
A swirling, fluid retelling of the tale that packs an impressive cargo of laughs, thrills and wonders into a watertight 88 minutes!

Name : Susan Stark / Alias : Detroit News
Disney's Tarzan is animation gold!