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Robin Hood

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Robin Hood (1973)

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Reviews Counted:21

Fresh:12

Rotten:9

Average Rating:5.5/10

Runtime: 83 mins

Genre: Childrens

Synopsis: An imaginative Disney version of the Robin Hood legend. Fun and romance abounds as the swashbuckling hero of Sherwood Forest, and his valiant sidekick plot one daring adventure after another to... An imaginative Disney version of the Robin Hood legend. Fun and romance abounds as the swashbuckling hero of Sherwood Forest, and his valiant sidekick plot one daring adventure after another to outwit the greedy prince and his partner as they put the tax squeeze on the poor. Academy Award Nominations: Best Song ("Love"). [More]

Starring: Brian Bedford, Andy Devine, Peter Ustinov, Phil Harris

Starring: Brian Bedford, Andy Devine, Peter Ustinov, Phil Harris, Terry-Thomas, Roger Miller, Monica Evans, Pat Buttram

Director: Wolfgang Reitherman

Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Story: Ken Anderson
Screenwriter: Larry Clemmons

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Reviews for Robin Hood

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Foxes with bows and arrows. What could be better than that?

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11/04/09
Ian Nathan
Ian Nathan
Empire Magazine
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No one makes cultural appropriation as much fun as Walt Disney.

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06/24/06
Time Out
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Disney's animated musical version of the oft-filmed legend casts animals in the traditional roles and the film consequently flounders in its own cuteness.

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05/24/03
Channel 4 Film
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[An] enjoyable animated feature from Disney Studios.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
11/04/09
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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Even at its best, Robin Hood is only mildly diverting.

Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | comment Comment
11/04/09
TIME Magazine
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What sinks this one is the utter lack of the childhood insight and sympathy that really give the Disney films their staying power.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
11/04/09
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader

Compared with modern Disney films, which are dominated by the self-absorption and eventual self-discovery of their main characters, Robin Hood offers surprisingly stark and interesting social questions.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
02/08/08
Michael Booth
Michael Booth
Denver Post

like many of these old classics, it's fun to revisit with my own kids

Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | comment Comment
03/22/07
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

Robin Hood is one of the most lackadaisical Disney features of all.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment 1 Comment
12/03/06
Eric Henderson
Eric Henderson
Slant Magazine

Robin Hood might be something of a mess around the fringes, but there's a kindness, joviality, and lovely sense of community ingrained in the picture that makes it irresistible.

Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | comment Comment
11/30/06
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
DVDTalk.com

It's bright and colorful, to be sure, with an emphasis on cuteness throughout, so tots will probably like it.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
11/27/06
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

No review available.

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08/12/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

The visual style is charmingly conventional, as gently reassuring as that of a Donald Duck cartoon, sometimes as romantically pretty as an old Silly Symphony.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/09/05
Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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No review available.

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04/16/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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11/22/03
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

As post-Sleeping Beauty Disney animated features go, Robin Hood is a fine entry, better than Sword in the Stone or Fox and the Hound but not as good as Jungle Book or The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.

Full Review Source: Decent Films Guide | comment Comment
10/10/03
Steven D. Greydanus
Steven D. Greydanus
Decent Films Guide

Not one of Disney's better animated efforts; it lacks the majesty of earlier works.

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10/09/03
Bob Bloom
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

The nadir in the history of Disney animation. Simply a disgrace.

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05/30/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

No review available.

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07/29/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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02/13/01
Wesley Lovell
Wesley Lovell
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