Movie Review: David

Movie Review: David                                                                                                                    12-20-25

From the songs of his mother's heart to the whispers of a faithful God, David's story begins in quiet devotion. When the giant Goliath rises to terrorize a nation, a young shepherd armed with only a sling, a few stones, and unshakable faith steps forward. Pursued by power and driven by purpose, his journey tests the limits of loyalty, love, and courage--culminating in a battle not just for a crown, but for the soul of a kingdom.

David is the best biblical animated movie since The Prince of Egypt with a strong heartfelt tone, impressive animation, engaging albeit familiar characters, appealing character designs, and songs that easily trump lesser animated musicals in recent years.

David about to slay the mighty giant Goliath.

Rather than being animated in North America or even Europe like your average CGI movie, David was animated at Sunrise Animation Studios in Cape Town, South Africa. If you ask me, they did a great job on a small 60 million dollar budget.

If I were to make a nitpick, I felt David was too long: The film is about 115 minutes long (ALMOST TWO HOURS!), but if you ask me, it could've been 10-20 minutes shorter. It also doesn't help that I'm, at the moment, not familiar at all with the biblical story of David.

David, know an adult, with his aging mom Nitzevet and his teenage sister Zeruiah.

In conclusion, in case your theater is fresh out of Zootopia 2 tickets, go see David instead.

Rating: 4 stars out of 5

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