Compared with modern Disney films, which are dominated by the self-absorption and eventual self-discovery of their main characters, Robin Hood offers surprisingly stark and interesting social questions.
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02/08/08
Robin Hood (1973)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:12
Rotten:10
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: One of the weaker Disney adaptations, Robin Hood is cute and colorful but lacks the majesty and excitement of the studio's earlier efforts.
Runtime: 83 mins
Genre: Childrens
Synopsis: The woodland creatures of Sherwood Forest retell the story of Robin Hood and Maid Marian. With the help of a lively ballad, Rooster Allan a Dale recounts the adventures of handsome rogue Robin and... [More]
Starring: Brian Bedford, Andy Devine, Peter Ustinov, Phil Harris
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
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Reviews for Robin Hood
Top CriticBlatantly caters to a juvenile audience, without making even the slightest attempt to entertain the grown-ups unless it happens that they like Saturday morning cartoon-level hijinks.
11/18/09
The visual style is charmingly conventional, as gently reassuring as that of a Donald Duck cartoon, sometimes as romantically pretty as an old Silly Symphony.
05/09/05
Top Criticlike many of these old classics, it's fun to revisit with my own kids
03/22/07
As post-Sleeping Beauty Disney animated features go, Robin Hood is a fine entry, better than Sword in the Stone or Fox and the Hound but not as good as Jungle Book or The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
10/10/03
Robin Hood is one of the most lackadaisical Disney features of all.
12/03/06
What sinks this one is the utter lack of the childhood insight and sympathy that really give the Disney films their staying power.
11/04/09
Top CriticIt's good for that time period from which the Disney studios were struggling to make good animated pictures.
01/01/00
Foxes with bows and arrows. What could be better than that?
11/04/09
Robin Hood might be something of a mess around the fringes, but there's a kindness, joviality, and lovely sense of community ingrained in the picture that makes it irresistible.
11/30/06
It's bright and colorful, to be sure, with an emphasis on cuteness throughout, so tots will probably like it.
11/27/06
Disney's animated musical version of the oft-filmed legend casts animals in the traditional roles and the film consequently flounders in its own cuteness.
05/24/03
Top CriticNo one makes cultural appropriation as much fun as Walt Disney.
06/24/06
Top Critic[An] enjoyable animated feature from Disney Studios.
11/04/09
Top CriticEven at its best, Robin Hood is only mildly diverting.
11/04/09
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02/13/01
Not one of Disney's better animated efforts; it lacks the majesty of earlier works.
10/09/03
The nadir in the history of Disney animation. Simply a disgrace.
05/30/03
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04/16/04
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