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Trumpet of the Swan

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Trumpet of the Swan (2001)

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Reviews Counted:40

Fresh:5

Rotten:35

Average Rating:3.4/10

Consensus: An uninspired E.B. White adaptation that's targeted at the very young.

Rated: G

Runtime: 75 mins

Genre: Childrens

Theatrical Release:May 11, 2001 Limited

Synopsis: Young mute trumpeter swan Louie yearns to have a voice. He leaves his family's nest to learn to read and write in order to express himself. After befriending a young schoolboy named Sam, Louie... Young mute trumpeter swan Louie yearns to have a voice. He leaves his family's nest to learn to read and write in order to express himself. After befriending a young schoolboy named Sam, Louie learns to communicate and returns home with a chalkboard on which he writes messages for communication--but then decides that learning the trumpet would truly allow him to express himself. After Louie's father (voiced by SEINFELD's Jason Alexander) steals a trumpet for him, Louie must pay for it to restore his father's honor. He then sets out to become a world-class trumpeter, demonstrating the importance of expressing one's self. This delightful musical was based on the classic childrens' book by E.B. White (STUART LITTLE, CHARLOTTE'S WEB). [More]

Starring: Jason Alexander, Mary Steenburgen, Reese Witherspoon, Seth Green

Starring: Jason Alexander, Mary Steenburgen, Reese Witherspoon, Seth Green, Carol Burnett

Director: Richard Rich, Terry Noss

Director: Richard Rich, Terry Noss
Screenwriter: Judy Rothman Rofe
Story: E. B. White
Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment

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Passable animation for the younger members of the family, but the movie never finds its own voice.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
05/11/01
Jan Stuart
Jan Stuart
Newsday
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One ugly duckling of a cartoon.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
05/11/01
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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There isn't much for children to see at the movies that doesn't fall into the usual dog-droppings-and-pratfall stuff of films like See Spot Run.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
05/11/01
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

A shallow, tacky, finally soupy revision of a wry, noticing, resonant, elegant, deeply romantic story.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
05/11/01
Susan Stark
Susan Stark
Detroit News
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The movie leeches from the book most of what makes the story wonderful: The sly humour and the occasional dark edge that keeps the inherent sweetness on the safe side of sentimentality.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
05/11/01
Rick Groen
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail

An innocuous family feature that's too little/too late in the fast-moving world of feature animation.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
05/11/01
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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A bland, well-meaning mishmash that never coheres into a dramatic whole.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/11/01
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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Trumpet of the Swan is not just lackluster. It’s also lackbeauty, lackhumor and lackquality.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
05/10/01
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

The right messages about finding your own way and your real friends are gently offered, but The Trumpet of the Swan never really takes wing.

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05/10/01
Desmond Ryan
Desmond Ryan
Philadelphia Inquirer

Frenetic mess.

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05/10/01
Gregory Weinkauf
Gregory Weinkauf
New Times

These people are responsible for lots of those bad, bland '80s Disney features like The Fox and the Hound. Now, their generic, cheap, animation style has murdered another beautiful E.B. White novel.

Full Review Source: IFilm | comment Comment
05/10/01
Dave White
Dave White
IFilm

The only possible audience for this film are young children and their exceedingly bored parents.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
05/10/01
Kirk Honeycutt
Kirk Honeycutt
Hollywood Reporter
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Though colorful and well-meaning, Trumpet of the Swan collapses as an emotional experience, its restless script unable to build a resonance of feeling that can lift the audience collectively.

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05/10/01
Tom Keogh
Tom Keogh
Film.com
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Despite the strong cast of voices behind the drawings, the most important one -- that of White -- is ultimately missing.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
05/10/01
E! Online

Well-meaning but wholly forgettable.

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05/10/01
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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The music, an eclectic blend of jazz and contemporary music, is one of the film's strongest calling cards.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
05/10/01
Nancy Churnin
Nancy Churnin
Dallas Morning News
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The animation is unimaginative and uninspiring.

Full Review Source: Associated Press | comment Comment
05/10/01
Malcolm Ritter
Malcolm Ritter
Associated Press

A lame duck.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
05/10/01
Loren King
Loren King
Chicago Tribune
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The moral of this E. B. White classic is: Never give up trying to express your unique personality.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
05/10/01
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

A very good family movie with much to enjoy and talk about.

Full Review Source: Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies | comment Comment
05/07/01
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
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