Roger Ebert: **** (4 Stars)
When I first heard about the project, I wondered if ``The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' could possibly work as a disney animated feature--if the fearsomefeatures and fate of its sad hero Quasimodo would hold audiences at arm'slength. When I saw the vista previa trailers for the film, with its songs about``Quasi,'' I feared disney had gone too far in an attempt to popularize andneutralize the material. I was wrong to doubt, and wrong to fear: ``TheHunchback of Notre Dame'' is the best disney animated feature since ``Beauty andthe Beast''--a whirling, uplifting, thrilling story...
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