In the 90s to try and counter the Disney Renaissance, Warner Brothers impotently tried to get a piece of the animated pie. Their attempts range from ill advised star vehicles like the mostly forgotten Rover Dangerfield or in most cases trying to ape the Disney Princess formula that had become the flavor of the month with the Little Mermaid's success coloring the creative direction for the duration of the 90s. Along with Swan Princess and Thumbelina, Quest for Camelot basically took the modern Disney princess archetype and shoe horned it into a very loosely interpreted Arthurian legend inspired fairy tale where there is clear money put into not only the animation but also the voice cast featuring a veritable who's who of contemporary talent(many of whom are wasted in thankless supporting roles). The story was obviously not a priority here as it takes the bare bones of what's expected in an animated film of this decade and feels like the paint by numbers equivalent of what studios think will make a successful animated movie. The biggest insult about this movie is this had a massive marketing push, while other WB animated projects like Cats Don't Dance and Iron Giant were quietly dumped with barely a fraction of the marketing budget.
Review of Quest for Camelot
