MOVIE

CRITIQUE
(PRINCE OF EGYPT)

SUBMITTED BY:
ANGELINE RABEA B. ROST
SUBMITTED TO:
MR. ALBERT LAYUG

January 07, 2019

 Plot and summary of the movie

Egypt, thousands of years ago: Pharaoh Seti commands all male Hebrew babies to be drowned.

A desperate mother places her son in a basket and lets the Hebrew God guide him along his way on

the river. The basket is found by the Queen, and Moses is brought up as a brother to the heir of the

throne, Ramses II. Years later, the brothers, who grew up happily and wealthy, are split by Moses'

recognition of his true heritage and the suppressing system his brother is about to inherit, willing to

carry it on. Fleeing from the city in despair, Moses wanders far into the desert not knowing what to

do. His fate led him to a small village in where he found his love of life and finally accepts his true

identity then Moses finds himself being called by God. He is given the task of being the messenger in

order to free the Hebrews and to lead them into the land of milk and honey. God said ‘’take this staff

and you will do my wonders’’ Moses returns to Tzipporah and excitedly tells her of what transpired in

the cave, and what he has been asked to do. Moses finds Rameses has become the new Pharoah,

married with a son of his own. Rameses is saddened, then angered, that Moses came back for the

Hebrews and not for him. He declares that he does not acknowledge his brother's God, and refuses

to allow the Hebrews to leave. Moses places his staff in the water, turning the Nile to blood. Locusts

destroy crops, the Egyptians come down with terrible sores on their skin, and fire rains down from

the sky. Soon after, the land is covered in darkness and Moses goes to see his brother once again to

convince him to let the Hebrews go. Rameses was still stubborn and once again rejected moses.

Moses warned him that something more terrible is going to happen. In the night, the angel of death

comes, and passes over the protected doors. In the homes where there is no protective sign, the

angel takes the lives of the firstborn children, including Rameses' son. He has at last given permission

to take the slaves. But Rameses has gathered his army of chariots to kill the slaves out of revenge,

there appears to be no place for them to run. Moses with his staff, parts the waters. Moses is able to

get everyone across just as the water descends, drowning Rameses army. As the Hebrews continue

on their way, Tzipporah declares to Moses that they are free, thus reminding him that he

accomplished the seemingly impossible task that God had given him.

CHARACTERS
 Moses –the messenger of God

Miriam – sister of moses

Rameses - Pharaoh

Jethro - the high priest

Aaron

Hotep

Queen – one who found Moses and raised him

Tzipporah – wife of Moses

Pharaoh Seti – king of Egypt

MOVIE REVIEW

My review and personal opinion about the movie prince of Egypt is that I was very interested to

watch a movie that has a purpose of like this. In our church I have always listened through our

preacher from the bible, but this animated movie has given me an all new different perspective on

what it was like and the image of it. This purpose is what God wants to send us all. Unlike many

animated movies which is made for entertainment this movie is not. Yes it is animated but it holds

seriousness in which I liked the most. I very much understood the whole movie because it was not

complicated to watch. The exposition or the beginning of the movie was already too much to handle

for can you imagine a world of a king that commands all first born males to be killed it was the

beginning of knowing the main character which was Moses. Potentially the story led of him being a

part of the royal family. Followed by the rising action of Moses founding out his true identity that he

was among Hebrews, which in my opinion still happens a lot in our generation. It only means that

everything what has happened in the story of Moses can be still happening now. The real conflict was

how to save the Hebrews from the prison of the new pharaoh Rameses which Moses had known as

his brother. God came to Moses to tell him about his mission and the purpose of his life.
Nowadays, many of us seek for our purpose in life through God. We will then eventually have the

biggest struggle in our life but this serves if you are truly a believer of God and purpose will be

brought upon you through his will. Until Rameses was too hard headed and wanted a goal of himself

being a greater king than his father was. It was greed, selfishness and pride that has decided for god

to punish him even taking his child away. Also in the bible this film also included the Wonders of

God.Eventually the falling action was when Rameses finally let the Herbews free but still wanted

revenge, he followed the Hebrews and then God made the parting of the sea happen to let them

escape. In my opinion it means that in whatever struggle and hardness in life we confront there will

always be a forgiving God to save us.