Nominated for 3 Oscars. 6 wins & 6 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
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From Disney's richest period, interleaving splendid animation with vulgar Americana.
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Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
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For the first time, Disney has done his backgrounds in oils instead of watercolors. The result is striking.
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TIME Magazine,
2 Sep 2008
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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.
– Theodore Strauss,
New York Times,
21 May 2003
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The glow and texture of the Disney brush reach new heights, especially in the treatment of a summer thunderstorm and a raging snowstorm.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
2 Sep 2008
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This animated feature based on Felix Salten's book about the coming of age of a fawn and his various forest friends (including the beloved Thumper) does convey some of the primal emotional power of Disney's features during this period.