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A graceful Amazon princess of untold strength and beauty attempts to prevent the god of war from instigating a conflict that will last for centuries and destroy the human race as the animated adventur... read more read more...e marking the return of DC Comics heroine Wonder Woman. On the mystical island of Themyscira lives a fierce race of warrior Amazons who have raised a powerful daughter named Princess Diana. The Amazons live in secrecy from the outside world, but when Army fighter pilot Steve Travor crash-lands in their tropical paradise, the headstrong princess defies the law of the land by accompanying Trevor back to civilization. But her transition into the modern world won't be an easy one, because when Ares escapes from his Amazonian prison and begins plotting his revenge, Princess Diana is the only person who stands between the god of war, and the destruction of the human race - beginning with the Amazons. Now, as Princess Diana harnesses her unique powers to boldly fight back against Ares and save the planet from certain destruction, Wonder Woman is born and the battle for civilization begins. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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PG-13, 1 hr. 33 min.

Directed by: Lauren Montgomery

Release Date: March 3, 2009

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  • fb535316333
    August 1, 2011
    fb535316333
    As good as an animated origin Wonder Woman film is going to get. Honestly though, I have very little interest in the idea of a feminazi Utopian island created by Greek gods and the warrior princess who prances around on it.

    I just find the idea of Wonder Woman so... obnoxiously ... read moreobsessed with outdated, elementary, oversimplified "gender wars", but alas, this is a pretty decent animated film.

    Not only does it humor and have a good script but it has character development, complexities, and relationships that actually perpetuate the story. I mean sure, it all dwindles down to a stupid smash-and-bash ending but c'mon, it's an animated super-hero film.

    Speaking of, the animation is absolutely astounding, some of the best stuff I've seen from the "West" (Japanese still easily step all over this, unfortunately.) which is essentially the highlight of the film. Watching Diana and her gal pals beat shit up is great.

    Let's just say, this particular genre's standards have been pretty low. Making this an achievement on DC's part.
  • deano
    September 20, 2009
    deano
    The DC Comics animated action film is outstanding, especially the fight scenes. The dialogue is good, as is the voice acting including Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Alfred Molina, Rosario Dawson, Virgina Madsen and more, and all suit the characters very well. I also liked the sto... read morery, though how accurate it is to the DC comic book. I do know it's nice to have a strong female superhero character who can hold her own with any guy, and I don't just mean physically or intellectually. There is actually a pretty funny scene which illustrates this point, but I won't get into it here.
  • DrZeek
    April 28, 2009
    DrZeek
    Wonder Woman: It's all true, isn't it, Steve? Everything my mother warned me about man's world is true. She even told me you'd try to seduce me, and I, like a fool, told her, "For now, let's only expect the best from the pilot." You tried to get me drunk. As if you could out drin... read morek an Amazon, you pathetic lightweight.
    Col. Steve Trevor: [Sees thugs approaching] Oh, crap.
    Wonder Woman: [Unaware of the thugs] Yes, I knew exactly what you were trying to do. And please don't use that language around me.

    Another superhero entry from the Warner Premier animated film studio. Its pretty solid as an origin story for Wonder Woman, providing plenty of fast paced story telling, action, and humor. A solid voice cast as well.

    After a big battle opening, we are taken to the mystical island of Themyscria, the home of the Amazons (super hot Greek warrior women), where a Unites States pilot, Steve Trever, voiced by Nathon Fillion, has crash landed. It is soon decided that he must be escorted back by the Amazon princess Diana, voiced by Keri Russell. Problems arise as Diana must also deal with the Greek god Ares, voiced by Alfred Molina, who has escaped from his imprisonment and seeks revenge against the Amazonians.

    The story is very tightly written, putting a lot of focus on the Amazon's distrust of men in general, but as far as accuracy goes, this flick does a very good job at putting all of the elements of Wonder Woman together effectively, even if her invisible jet just sort of enters the scene without much explanation.

    As mentioned, the voice cast is pretty well assembled, also including Rosario Dawson, Virginia Madsen, and Oliver Platt. Molina does good in the villain role. Russell is standard as the hero, but bouncing off of Fillion, who is quite enjoyable, makes it all work nicely enough.

    Hippolyta: Here the true nature of men is laid bare. What other depraved thoughts must you be thinking?
    Col. Steve Trevor: God, your daughter's got a nice rack.

    This film also certainly balances its PG-13 rating well enough to include a lot of very violent battle scenes, which certainly make no excuses about the uses of swords and arrows against flesh and blood people (as well as minotaurs, zombie babes, and griffins).

    I really quite enjoyed this entry into the animated DC catalog.

    President's Adviser: Mr. President, the threat has been neutralized.
    The President: How?
    President's Adviser: It seems by a group of armored supermodels.
  • Gx7
    April 16, 2009
    Gx7
    The film is more of a backstory about the legendary Princess of the Amazons, way before "The JLA" (refering to the original Justice League) and how Dianna ended up being in New York.

    I think it was pretty clever, a little dash of Shakespeare and Greek Mythology mixed with ... read morea serious amount of feminist views, some battle scenes were quite epic-esque and the whole film itself was well drawn. They somewhat modernized it but the alterations were pretty clean cut and it still worked well for the film.

    Its not a perfect film, and I think its also more suitable for the older kids (preferrably for ages 13 up), but its actually worth watching. The ladies will like it more than the lads tho.

    Genre: Cartoon Animation
    Re-rated from 5 to 4 stars
  • Beefy
    March 9, 2009
    Beefy
    Another solid film from Warners Animated, this one is a bit more violent than expected and has a welcome, though slightly incongruous, sense of humor courtesy of Nathan Fillion's line deliveries.
  • kiriyamakazou
    February 28, 2009
    kiriyamakazou
    Wow. So good that it reduces the need for a live action version. The animation is stunning and the story fantastic. We're taken from Wonder Woman's origins through to her current status as hero. Mythology of all sorts rears it head, adding sumptuous visuals and original action se... read morequences. There are planes, winged beasties, huge battles and more. The film touches on themes of sexism, but also celebrates femininity without becoming feminist propaganda. The vocal cast is just as good as any Hollywood blockbuster. Molina adds his vocal chords to another villainous comic book role. Fillion is his charming and heroic self and the ladies are all feisty but also carry a certain amount of wisdom. I have a feeling that animation is the perfect medium for Wonder Woman, and I hope many sequels are to come.
  • itbegins2005
    January 12, 2010
    itbegins2005
    I don't like animated movies. Sure, animation's great for Bugs Bunny and Saturday morning, but I've always felt that feature length cartoons don't really qualify as films, theatrical release or no, because they almost uniformally lack the subtlety and nuance of live-action films-... read more after all, when your only creative limit is what you're able to draw, why bother with something like subtlety? Interestingly, I have also never been a fan of Wonder Woman. Unabashed comic junkie and raging geek though I may be, Wonder Woman is one of the few major superheroes- besides Aquaman and maybe the Fantastic Four- that just never really appealled to me; her origin is convoluted, her motivations ar hazy, her powers are ill-defined, and her costume (aside from being a bit skimpy for a feninist icon) makes no sense- why would an Amazon dress in red, white, and star-spangled blue? So taking these facts together, one would think that an animated Wonder Woman movie would would have about as much appeal to me as reading the Complete United States Federal Tax Code from cover to cover. One couldn't be more wrong. Wonder Woman, as it turns out, is the best superhero movie I've seen this year, with a script as solid as bedrock and a cast that can actually do good voice-work (I can't tell you how many dramatic animated features I've seen have just been killed by poor casting). The direction in particular appeals to me: unlike many other animated films, this is a movie that allows the story to unfold at a natural pace, taking the time for character moments and dramatic beats without going too far in the other direction- that is, building huge, minute-burning pauses where the characters just stare each other down or grunt (GOD, I hate Dragonball Z). Refreshingly, the movie also doesn't seem overly censored- in fact, the violence on display is somewhat shocking for an animated feature, with stabbings, beheadings, broken necks, and plenty of bloodshed on hand (even if the swords never get any blood on them). Overall (and please forgive the brazen oversimplification), the movie is like an intriguing cross between Superman and 300 with strong (but thankfully not overpowering) feminist overtones; it is a deftly crafted origin story that draws you quickly and completely into the character whom I once found shallow and uninteresting. The story opens in ancient Greece, during a fierce battle between an army of men and mythical beasts and a clan of Amazonian women. Their leader, Queen Hippolyta, bests the army's commander- Ares, the God of War himself- in combat, but before the final blow can be stricken, her hand is stayed by Ares' father, Zeus. While Hippolyta is furious that she cannot avenge the deaths of her people, she is granted instead a reward by the goddess Athena: an island paradise, Themiscyra, hidden from the world of man, where she and the Amazons construct a utopia free from the ravages of time and the deceit of mankind. There, she is granted another blessing- a child, fashioned from clay and given life by the gods, whom Hippolyta names Diana. Flash-forward a few millenia to the present day, when Air Force pilot Steve Trevor is shot down over the middle of the ocean and accidentally crash-lands on Themiscyra, where she is captured by the Amazons, including the now-grown Diana. Deciding that the best course of action would be to to return the pilot to his home, the Amazons hold a contest to determine who will be their emissary to "Man's World", and despite her mothers attempts to bar her from competing, Diana enters and emerges the victor. Unfortunately, as the contest is held, an Amazon turns traitor and unleashes the shackled god Ares from his prison on the island. Now Diana must find the God of War and stop him from bringing forth a plague of misery and death upon Man's World. The cast would be first-rate even for a live-action adaptation; for a cartoon, it's astonishing (continuing the current trend of putting well-known actors together into animated ensembles- another Pixar innovation, if I'm not mistaken). Playing Diana herself is Keri Russell, an actress that I've only seen in a couple of things (she had a brief but important part in Mission Impossible III, and she also was the main character in a TV show called Felicity, which I only saw advertised), but who I think was a great choice for the part, and probably could have played it in live action. Russell's voice is both youthful and confident, which makes Diana an intriguing hybrid of a naive princess and a proud warrior; the "warrior" part is particularly important, because this is a character who isn't afraid to spill blood to win the day, who actually kills a number of opponents in the film (thus distinguishing herself from both Batman and Superman, who are both, ironically, more pacifistic), and who we have to believe is capable of not only holding her own against mythical creatures and even gods, but can emerge ultimately victorious. Of course, a main character so serious needs a lighter foil, which we get in the form of Nathon Fillion as womanizing test pilot Steve Trevor- another casting choice that would have worked just as well in real life. Trevor isn't just a sounding pole for exposition, like he is in the comics- he's the comic relief, a tactless oaf who has to introduce Diana to the conventions of Man's World, all the while guilelessly hitting on her and giving her about the worst first impression of men she could possibly get. Nathan Fillion is a funny guy in live action, and I was relieved to find that it carries over into animation; he has some of the best lines in the movie, not to mention my absolute favorite moment in the film: "Of course. Invisible missiles. Hardy-flippin'-har!" The supporting cast is equally spot-on- Rosario Dawson's Artemis in particular is exemplary- with the sole exception of Alfred Molina as Ares, God of War. I like Alfred Molina, true, and I think he's a good actor, but his voice isn't quite suited to the ominous, looming deity the animators have represented; I think a silkier, more elegant voice actor would have been more appropriate- someone who conjures thoughts of ancient mysticism rather than regal pomp. Regardless, the cast comes together seamlessly, and play well against each other (even though they were recorded seperately- how ironic). The direction is quite skillful for an animated feature- Lauren Montgomery has an excellent sense of pace, somehow condensing the most convoluted origin story in comic books into a brisk, entertaining first act. The story evolves smoothly, naturally, and cinematically, the action sequences benefit greatly from the influence and inference of the epic battles of 300, and time is taken for dialogue scenes that don't necessarily contribute to furthering the plot, but do reveal character. The script does have its plot holes, unfortunately. Wonder Woman's invisible jet is never given a moment's explaination, despite the fact that the Amazons are living in the Bronze Age (it's a simple enough fix, though- if it had been Trevor's jet, mystically modified, it would have been clever and logical). Scenes also seem to have been omitted, like a bridge scene from the defeat of Deimos to the trek to the gates of Tartarus- you know, just a short little, "Oh, by the way, the gates of Tartarus are in Crete, and I know this because I'm an ancient Greek" kind of scene. And why, if Ares is a Greek god who regains his powers in Greece, does he travel to America to wage his war on mankind? Must Washington D.C. be ground zero for every major international conflict in movies? But since these are all minor nit-picks, things that seem motivated more by moving the story forward quickly than from any lack of actual consideration, I can't be too critical- it IS only an animated film, after all. And for all the points neglected, there are two incongruous elements of the character's backstory that are explained concisely and entertainingly (the star-spangled costume is specifically to honor the nation Diana is visiting as an emissary? Why, that makes perfect sense!). With twenty to fifty minutes more to flesh out the narrative, it could have been seamless, but I'll take what I can get. The art direction is also quite impressive for a direct-to-DVD feature, and the animation is smooth and fluid (which really helps the viewer to get into the spirit of the movie- nothing kills a cartoon movie more than scrimping on the animation). The score is surprisingly good- given an epic landscape to evoke on a direct-to-DVD budget, composer Christopher Drake creates a suitable musical backdrop that's operatic, ancient, and adventurous, bringing more credibility to an already solid production. The completed movie actually rivals a number of Warner's live-action superhero productions- probably because, being an animation project, it can bring to the table the grand scale of the character's adventures without an accompanying enormous price tag, so the producers have no real reason to interfere with the story or set pieces. Probably the best thing I can say about this film is that, when it was all over, I finally had a grasp on the character of Wonder Woman: I knew who she was, what she could do, where she was coming from, and most importantly, I wanted to know where she was going. It's a perfect inlet to the character and her history, but more than that, it's a fun, action-filled movie, the sort of thing you would pay eleven bucks to see in theaters if it was in live-action, and you'd probably see it more than once at that (I pity the poor filmmaker who has to top this whenever they get around to actually doing a live-action film). I came into this movie skeptical and unenthused; by story's end, I was excited, enthralled, and I most definitely wanted more. Bravo, Montgomery and company- you've turned me into a fan.
  • jim222001us
    August 23, 2010
    jim222001us
    It's funny and action packed and it has a great cast of actors,
  • chadroesti
    November 19, 2009
    chadroesti
    Good straight to DVD Cartoon detailing the origin of Wonder Woman. Probably Equivalent of a PG-13 movie with animated beheadings, swords through the guts, deaths , smart ass comments, tequila, and discussions of Wonder Woman's Wonderful Rack. The voice talents are very good in ... read morethis one with Molina as Ares the god of War, Dawson, Madsen, and Keri Russell as WW. Best part of the flick is Nathan Fillion as American Pilot Steve Trevor who continues his smart ass mastery.

    Yes I watch a lot of cartoons, I am big for a kid my age.
  • John2223
    August 15, 2009
    John2223
    This film has some great action, some wonderful animation, and even some fun part.
    Very good animated movie!!!

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Kevin Carr
March 16, 2009
Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures

She was definitely the kind of girl you wanted to take home to mom, even if you might need a first aid kit the next day. Full Review

Ryan Cracknell
March 14, 2009
Ryan Cracknell, Movie Views

Finally, a solid film in which the Amazon's story can be told to current audiences. Full Review

Peter Canavese
March 12, 2009
Peter Canavese, Groucho Reviews

A fast-paced feature sure to satisfy fans and win a generation of new ones. [Blu-ray] Full Review

Rob Vaux
March 2, 2009
Rob Vaux, Sci-Fi Movie Page

Warner's line of direct-to-DVD superhero films has finally given the Amazing Amazon her due. Full Review

John J. Puccio
February 27, 2009
John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis

...a perfectly acceptable cartoon movie of its kind. If you like its kind. Full Review

James O'Ehley
February 27, 2009
James O'Ehley, Sci-Fi Movie Page

This straight-to-DVD full-length animated Wonder Woman flick turns out to be unexpectedly enjoyable! Full Review

Felix Vasquez Jr.
February 20, 2009
Felix Vasquez Jr., Cinema Crazed

I really enjoyed my short time spent with the character and her mythos... Full Review

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