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Robin Hood

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Robin Hood (1973)

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Reviews Counted:5

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Average Rating:5.3/10

Consensus: One of the weaker Disney adaptations, Robin Hood is cute and colorful but lacks the majesty and excitement of the studio's earlier efforts.

Runtime: 83 mins

Genre: Childrens

Synopsis: The woodland creatures of Sherwood Forest retell the story of Robin Hood and Maid Marian. With the help of a lively ballad, Rooster Allan a Dale recounts the adventures of handsome rogue Robin and... The woodland creatures of Sherwood Forest retell the story of Robin Hood and Maid Marian. With the help of a lively ballad, Rooster Allan a Dale recounts the adventures of handsome rogue Robin and his Merry Men, the cowardly Prince John and the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham. [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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Foxes with bows and arrows. What could be better than that?

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No one makes cultural appropriation as much fun as Walt Disney.

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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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Even at its best, Robin Hood is only mildly diverting.

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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.

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