All charmingness aside, this cute but rather thinly plotted yarn exposes the cracks that were present in the pre-renaissance Disney empire.
The Fox and the Hound (1981)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:15
Rotten:7
Average Rating:6.6/10
Consensus: The Fox and the Hound, is a likeable, charming, unassuming effort that manages to transcend its thin, predictable plot.
Runtime: 83 mins
Genre: Childrens
Synopsis: A fox and a hound become unlikely companions and, even through adversity and separation, defend and protect one another. Vocal talents include Pearl Bailey, Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell, Jack... A fox and a hound become unlikely companions and, even through adversity and separation, defend and protect one another. Vocal talents include Pearl Bailey, Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell, Jack Albertson, Sandy Duncan, Corey Feldman, as well as Pat Buttram and Paul Winchell. Disney's enchanting tale of an unlikely friendship between a fox cub and a hound pup, released for the first time ever on video. [More]
Starring: Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell, Pearl Bailey, Sandy Duncan
Starring: Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell, Pearl Bailey, Sandy Duncan, Jack Albertson, Jeanette Nolan, Paul Winchell, Pat Buttram, John McIntire, John Fiedler, Richard Bakalyan, Corey Feldman, Keith Coogan
Director: Art Stevens, Richard Rich, Ted Berman
Director: Art Stevens, Richard Rich, Ted Berman
Reviews for The Fox and the Hound
Cloying and cutesy, a helpless callback to a number of truly classic movies that it couldn't hope to equal, let alone better.
Against all odds, a tear or two is effectively jerked, and there was enough skill on display to encourage some hope for the new generation of Disney animators, who made their debut here.
Importantly, the story relies on plot to carry it along and serves as a welcome reminder that audiences don't require a popular reference or in-joke every five minutes to sustain their interest.
It was a self-contained story that didn't try to change the world, and that was part of its charm.
...boasts an old-fashioned vibe that proves impossible to resist...
Disney may have gone off the rails for a few years after The Fox and the Hound, but this one still feels like a classic. Or at very least, a mini-classic.
A wounded and unresolved movie free of the expected Disney cutesiness and complacency.
...very sweet and no doubt a delight for children, but I found it quite slow and tedious.
The bottom line, I suppose, is: Will kids like this movie? And the answer is, sure, I think so.
Ainda que apresente algumas das falhas habituais das produções Disney dos anos 70, tem personagens carismáticos e marca a estréia de uma nova geração de animadores.
The most charming of Disney features of the 1980s, with two appealing protagonists and a worthy story.
This is a pretty, relentlessly cheery, old-fashioned sort of Disney cartoon feature, chock-full of bouncy songs of an upbeatness that is stickier than Krazy-Glue and played by animals more anthropomorphic than the humans that occasionally appear.
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