Although the story follows the budding romance between Aladdin and Jasmine, at its heart this is a 'buddy-film' about Aladdin and the Genie. The character of Aladdin has surprising depth as he struggles to see that he's more than the 'street-rat' persona that others have placed upon him. However, it is undoubtedly the Genie who steals the show--whoever thought of casting Robin Williams as the genie deserves a medal because I don't think anyone else could have pulled off that role with close to the same amount of energy that he brought to it. It's also interesting to watch as the Genie goes through his various impersonations that he also borrows characters quite liberally from the Disney animated film archives. I'd also like to add that Jafar was a wonderful villain who had a wicked sense of humour in addition to being just generally wicked. In the climax of the movie, Jafar is tossing out puns at a mile a minute and somehow it fits perfectly into the scene. The movie's music is a perfect extension of the general tone of the film--fast, jazzy and just generally outrageous. Both of the Genie's numbers are perfectly tuned to his character, so when camels in veils and dancing elephants appear it just becomes an extension of him.