E.B. White's affecting tale is given a Saturday morning cartoon treatment.
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09/04/01
Charlotte's Web (1973)
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Reviews Counted:19
Fresh:14
Rotten:5
Average Rating:6.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Genre: Childrens
Synopsis: Produced by animation legends William Hanna and Joseph Barbera (THE FLINTSTONES, SCOOBY-DOO) this musical feature brings E.B. White's beloved children's novel to life with a wealth of famous... [More]
Starring: Henry Gibson, Paul Lynde, Agnes Moorehead, Debbie Reynolds
Director: Charles A. Nichols, Iwao Takamoto
Reviews for Charlotte's Web
1 - 20 (sorted by source; UK critics are listed first)
No review available.
08/07/02
The Hanna-Barbera animation is better than the studio’s usual bare-bones mediocrity, and the voice cast is superb.
03/10/03
It preserves some of the form and language of White's original but fattens and sweetens his lean and pungent prose with songs by Richard and Robert Sherman.
09/09/08
Charming kid's cartoon full of great voice performances.
07/27/02
No review available.
07/22/05
No review available.
02/25/07
Family Entertainment never got better
03/31/05
Especially giddy is Paul Lynde's wry Templeton the rat, whom I oddly still quote today.
06/09/01
No review available.
08/12/02
the much-loved book loses nothing in its transfer to the screen
07/29/02
One of the year's best family films.
01/14/07
No review available.
09/03/02
Almost as sweet as the children's classic novel, "Charlotte's Web" is just, well, crawling with entertainment.
01/14/07
An animated children's classic about a spider and a pig and their exploration of brotherly love and self-sacrifice.
02/14/02
Some classic!
12/31/04
Fairly crude animation, but a sweet and necessary story is told here about love and loss.
08/22/02
A charming animated adaptation of E.B. White's beloved fantasy.
09/09/08
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