The Trumpet of the Swan Reviews
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Features charmless songs, junky animation, hambone voice talent.
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| Original Score: D
Too bad the director didn't set his mind to making a film parents could enjoy, too.
| Original Score: 2/4
Passable animation for the younger members of the family, but the movie never finds its own voice.
A shallow, tacky, finally soupy revision of a wry, noticing, resonant, elegant, deeply romantic story.
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| Original Score: 1/4
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.
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| Original Score: 2/4
An innocuous family feature that's too little/too late in the fast-moving world of feature animation.
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| Original Score: 1.5/4
A bland, well-meaning mishmash that never coheres into a dramatic whole.
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| Original Score: 2/5
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.
The only possible audience for this film are young children and their exceedingly bored parents.
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.
The music, an eclectic blend of jazz and contemporary music, is one of the film's strongest calling cards.
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| Original Score: B-
The animation is unimaginative and uninspiring.
