The Fox and the Hound (1981)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:15
Rotten:7
Average Rating:6.6/10
Consensus: The Fox and the Hound, is a likeable, charming, unassuming effort that manages to transcend its thin, predictable plot.
Runtime: 83 mins
Genre: Childrens
Synopsis: A fox and a hound become unlikely companions and, even through adversity and separation, defend and protect one another. Vocal talents include Pearl Bailey, Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell, Jack... [More]
Starring: Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell, Pearl Bailey, Sandy Duncan
Director: Art Stevens, Richard Rich, Ted Berman
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Reviews for The Fox and the Hound
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 5/10 |
Cloying and cutesy, a helpless callback to a number of truly classic movies that it couldn't hope to equal, let alone better. Full Review |
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3/5 |
All charmingness aside, this cute but rather thinly plotted yarn exposes the cracks that were present in the pre-renaissance Disney empire. Full Review |
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 4/4 |
Wonderful entertainment for both kids and their parents. Full Review |
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Against all odds, a tear or two is effectively jerked, and there was enough skill on display to encourage some hope for the new generation of Disney animators, who made their debut here. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
Importantly, the story relies on plot to carry it along and serves as a welcome reminder that audiences don't require a popular reference or in-joke every five minutes to sustain their interest. Full Review |
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4/5 |
It was a self-contained story that didn't try to change the world, and that was part of its charm. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
A southern gothic--and a damn good one at that Full Review |
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3/4 |
...boasts an old-fashioned vibe that proves impossible to resist... Full Review |
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4.5/5 |
Disney may have gone off the rails for a few years after The Fox and the Hound, but this one still feels like a classic. Or at very least, a mini-classic. Full Review |
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3/4 |
A wounded and unresolved movie free of the expected Disney cutesiness and complacency. Full Review |
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5/10 |
...very sweet and no doubt a delight for children, but I found it quite slow and tedious. Full Review |
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One of the more homely Disney animated features. Full Review |
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Better than you might think. Full Review |
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3/4 |
The bottom line, I suppose, is: Will kids like this movie? And the answer is, sure, I think so. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Ainda que apresente algumas das falhas habituais das produções Disney dos anos 70, tem personagens carismáticos e marca a estréia de uma nova geração de animadores. Full Review |
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4/5 |
The most charming of Disney features of the 1980s, with two appealing protagonists and a worthy story.
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3/5 |
This is a pretty, relentlessly cheery, old-fashioned sort of Disney cartoon feature, chock-full of bouncy songs of an upbeatness that is stickier than Krazy-Glue and played by animals more anthropomorphic than the humans that occasionally appear. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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2/5 |
One of the weaker Disney animated films.
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3/5 |
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