The Emperor's New Groove

"It's all about... ME!"

Dec 15 2000 G 1h 18m
Adventure, Animation, Comedy

When self-centered Emperor Kuzco is turned into a llama by his scheming advisor, he is forced to rely on good-hearted peasant Pacha to get back home.

Plot

In this animated comedy from the folks at Disney, the vain and cocky Emperor Kuzco (David Spade) is a very busy man. Besides maintaining his "groove", and firing his suspicious administrator, Yzma (Eartha Kitt), he's also planning to build a new waterpark just for himself for his birthday. However, this means destroying one of the villages in his kingdom. Meanwhile, Yzma is hatching a plan to get revenge and usurp the throne. But, in a botched assassination courtesy of Yzma's right-hand man, Kronk (Patrick Warburton), Kuzco is magically transformed into a llama. Now, Kuzco finds himself the property of Pacha, a lowly llama herder whose home is ground zero for the water park. Upon discovering the llama's true self, Pacha offers to help resolve the Emperor's problem and regain his throne, only if he promises to move his water park.

Written by

Chris Williams, Mark Dindal, David Reynolds

Directed by

Mark Dindal

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Walt Disney Feature Animation, Walt Disney Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 27 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
246,592
Average Rating
7.4 out of 10
Metascore
70
Popularity
NA