Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- playful
- uplifting
- family movie night
- children's sleepover
What critics said
Critics broadly found the returning cast and clever characters charming, while regarding the episode-compilation structure and reduced visuals as commercially driven and less accomplished than the feature film.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film combines four episodes from the Hercules television cartoon into a direct-to-video feature.
Hercules trains at Prometheus Academy for gods and men while Zeus, Hades, Pegasus, and other mythic characters participate in school-centered adventures.
After the events of the 1997 feature, Hercules reminisces about his teenage years and hero training.
The production originated as television episodes and was noted for lacking the feature film’s dazzling visuals while retaining charming characters.
Films like Hercules: Zero to Hero, and why
Hercules
myth-inspired animated family adventure with comic side characters and a coming-of-age hero
Aladdin
episodic Disney animated fantasy centered on youthful adventures and humorous supernatural figures
The Road to El Dorado
family-friendly mythic animation combining action, comedy, and lessons about identity
Movie Details
- Director
- Bob Kline
- Release Date
- 1999-08-17
- Runtime
- 70 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (52)
Cast
- Tate Donovan
- James Woods
- Corey Burton
- Susan Egan
- Robert Costanzo
- Frank Welker
- Bobcat Goldthwait
- Matt Frewer
- Paul Shaffer
- Eric Stoltz
Common questions
- What is Hercules: Zero to Hero about?
- A good-natured Disney animated flashback follows teenage Hercules through comic school adventures as he learns what heroism demands.
- What is Hercules: Zero to Hero like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Hercules: Zero to Hero as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Hercules: Zero to Hero violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Hercules: Zero to Hero as mild.
- What did critics think of Hercules: Zero to Hero?
- Critics broadly found the returning cast and clever characters charming, while regarding the episode-compilation structure and reduced visuals as commercially driven and less accomplished than the feature film.
- Which films are like Hercules: Zero to Hero?
- Films with a similar feel include Hercules, Aladdin, and The Road to El Dorado.
- How long is Hercules: Zero to Hero?
- Hercules: Zero to Hero runs 70 minutes.
