Quest For Camelot

I'm glad I took plenty of notes while watching Quest For Camelot; it's so hopelessly bland, I could scarcely remember a single detail 48 hours later. Sure, I remembered that it's the story of a strong-willed young woman in the time of King Arthur who sets out to recover the stolen sword Excalibur. I even recalled that there were some dangers in a dark forest, a nasty villain (voiced by Gary Oldman), some comic relief (Eric Idle and Don Rickles as a two-headed dragon), blah blah blah. And I do mean "blah." Quest for Camelot is one of the most enervated animated films in recent memory, a lifeless conglomeration of elements each more instantly forgettable than the last: uninspired visuals, cringe-inducing voice casting (Bronson Pinchot? Jaleel White?) and a truly awful bunch of David Foster/Carol Bayer Sager compositions. I can't imagine why a parent would subject children to being bored silly by this, but I suppose there's a bright side: two days later, they won't even remember it. Not recommended. (S. Renshaw)