Would it be a sad thing to say if I told you I've seen this film more times than its precessor? (It's true!)

Yes, thanks to the success of Dreamworks epic animated classic, "The Price of Egypt", they've created a marvel of a film in this direct-to-video charmer, "Joseph: King of Dreams".

The story of the young boy, Joseph, is retold in wonderful animation (for a DTV, it's rather well done! A few no-blinkers every now and then, but still quite lovely). The youngest of a large family, Joseph is born to his parents, and much to the chagrin of his older brothers, he is considered a "miracle child", for the elder wife was too old to have children, and yet Joseph was born. Considered as the favorite son of the family, Joseph learns many things while the brothers do the hard work.

Thus the dream part comes in. The dream sequences in the film are vivid and stunning to watch as he sees into the future, then learns that he will outshine even his oldest of brothers! Of course, they are jealous by Joseph's gift from God, and they sell him to slave traders on way to the Egyptian cities . . . thus beginning Joseph's marvelous transformation into a man.

The story and characters are well developed, as are the wonderful voice talents that create the emotional story of Joseph's ups and downs. The songs aren't sappy and crap, but they aren't epic quality either. They simply do their job by adding to the storytelling quality of the film's scenes.

In the end, I enjoyed the film, although I clearly saw "PoE" (not literally) written all over it. On its own, it stands as a wonderful film that people of all faiths could easily relate to - the value of forgiveness and never giving up when things seem impossible.

4 stars! If you haven't seen it, you really should by now!

It's been a couple years since I've seen this movie, but I remember that some of the things they changed in the movie bothered me. It's not a bad movie though, and really, quite good for a dtv really.

I know many films don't follow the original story well at times, but this one changed the character of Joseph too much. One reason I had always loved the story of Joseph was because he was not bitter towards his brothers. He never even showed any anger towards them. In this he initially is quite angry with them showing up and, I believe, his wife was the one who convinced him to give them a second chance. That was really my only major gripe about the film. Some of the songs in it could have been cut since they didn't add a whole lot to the story, but otherwise that's all that I really didn't like.

I remember the animation was particularly well done in this film. The music was pretty nice too. I think this one was done a little better than the Prince of Egypt. If you haven't seen this film, maybe give it a rent some time.

In the past few years I have been routinely pained and disgusted by the onslaught of direct-to-video sequels that have flooded the market, so I found myself truly surprised by the quality of this film. It not only exceeded my expectations for a direct-to-video movie but actually found I liked it better than I did "The Prince of Egypt" on my first viewing.

Many are likely familiar with the story under a different title--"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat--but you'll find no Andrew Lloyd Webber here. The excessively grand and sometimes irritating musical numbers of the Prince of Egypt are also gone and they have been replaced with smaller, well-written songs that fit comfortably within the scope of the movie. I particularly liked the song "Miracle Child" and the piece that we hear when Joseph first enters Egypt which emphasizes how grand the Egyptian civilization must seem to the young man.

The animation is of surprising quality as well. It's not up to the depth and scope of The Prince of Egypt certainly but this is no Saturday-morning cartoon level either. Like the Prince of Egypt, the animators pay particular attention the emotion and drama in the characters which makes the overall product much more spellbinding to watch. Also watch for Joseph's dream sequences as the animators get to have a lot of imaginative fun putting those together.

Overall, a solid, very watchable film that is definately worth checking out.