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Bambi

1942

David Hand

Animation, Voice: Hardie Albright, Janet Chapman, Donnie Dunagan ...

6.6

73,454

Animation. Drama. Kids We follow the male deer Bambi from birth, through his early childhood experiences with woodland pals Thumper the rabbit and Flower the skunk.

	Author	Review
United States	Theodore Strauss The New York Times	"In 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."	POS
United Kingdom	Andrew Osmond Empire	"The fun and fear, the silliness and heartbreak, are taken to vivid extremes (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"This animated feature (...) does convey some of the primal emotional power of Disney's features during this period."	POS
United States	Variety	"[It] is full of tenderness and the characters tickle the heart (...) The glow and texture of the Disney brush reach new heights"	POS
United States	Scott Tobias AV Club	"It’s a beautiful film about innocence lost and knowledge gained (...) 'Bambi' has earned the right to be called timeless, because its concerns are transcendent and universal."	POS
Australia	Louise Keller Urbancinefile	"Arguably Disney's greatest masterpiece, this sophisticated animation is one that continues to delight audiences of all ages."	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"From Disney's richest period, interleaving splendid animation with vulgar Americana."	POS
United States	Time	"[Bambi] is an appealing, wonderfully articulated little deer (...) Grade-A Disney"	POS
United States	R.L. Shaffer IGN	"A wonderfully beautiful little movie (...) This is a film that's focused on the subtle details – the mood and spirit of the environment – not the story."	POS
United Kingdom	Andrew Collins Radio Times	"'Bambi' still has plenty to tell children and strikes a deft artistic balance between naturalism and cartoonery (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Eric Henderson Slant	"Ask anyone past 20 years of age what they remember about 'Bambi', and they’ll probably only be able to pull up the moment that his mother is shot by Man (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG

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