I had forgotten how utterly, astonishingly beautiful the film is.
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03/03/05
Bambi (1942)
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Reviews Counted:38
Fresh:34
Rotten:4
Average Rating:8/10
Consensus: Elegantly animated and deeply touching, Bambi is an enduring, endearing, and moving Disney classic.
Runtime: 69 mins
Genre: Childrens
Synopsis: A fawn named Bambi is born, destined to become "Prince of the Forest." He soon befriends other woodland creatures such as Flower, a bashful skunk, and Thumper, an outgoing rabbit. As the years... [More]
Starring: Peter Behn, Paula Winslowe, Bobby Stewart, Cammie King
Director: David D. Hand
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Reviews for Bambi
Vies only with Pinocchio as the most technically accomplished work of animation to come from the studio's Golden Age... the last gasp of a maturity and gravity that would immediately disappear from Disney's features.
11/02/09
Walt himself would have been proud of the two-disc special edition, which restores the Disney classic back to its original museum-quality luster ... maybe the only missing extra in this treasure is Bambi Meets Godzilla.
04/06/06
What has been lost in the 60-plus years since its intial release is what a watershed work Bambi was for its time.
05/10/05
Some classic sequences, but also too much Disney deer kitsch.
04/07/05
There are two ways to look at Bambi/i>: as a museum piece or as entertainment. Focus on the latter and the film unravels.
04/08/05
“Look, Ma! No fungus and no moss-syphilis!”
03/03/05
Bambi is probably one of the best movies ever made, if not THE best.
01/01/00
In 1942, the emotional scene in which Bambi's mother is killed by hunters was controversial: Some critics charged that it traumatized young children while defenders claimed that it was honest, realistic, and less graphic than its depiction in the book.
03/30/07
... introduced us to a Hobbesian world where bad things could happen to the adorable, and sent thousands of children blubbering into theater lobbies around the world.
08/29/02
People just really like cuddly animals, and there's not a dang thing you can do about it.
02/24/05
With an emphasis on character development over plot, the film isn't quite as accessible as some of Disney's more recent efforts...
05/08/05
Bambi is . . . MALE?!
02/28/05
The fun and fear, the silliness and heartbreak, are taken to vivid extremes by Walt's entwining of high art and what snobs will always deride as Disney-kitsch.
02/02/05
Short and to the point, Bambi is an enduring classic.
02/20/05
This animated feature based on Felix Salten's book about the coming of age of a fawn and his various forest friends (including the beloved Thumper) does convey some of the primal emotional power of Disney's features during this period.
09/03/08
Top CriticThe glow and texture of the Disney brush reach new heights, especially in the treatment of a summer thunderstorm and a raging snowstorm.
09/02/08
Top CriticIn colors that would surprise even the spectrum itself, Disney's cartoon craftsmen have re-created a woodland that shimmers and glows and darkens altogether magically.
05/21/03
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12/31/04
For the first time, Disney has done his backgrounds in oils instead of watercolors. The result is striking.
09/02/08
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