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- 1942
- G
- RKO Radio Pictures
- 1 h 10 m
- 1942
- G
- RKO Radio Pictures
- 1 h 10 m
- 1942
- G
- RKO Radio Pictures
- 1 h 10 m
- 1942
- G
- RKO Radio Pictures
- 1 h 10 m
Bambi
7.6
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
91
94% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
6% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
91
94% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
6% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Whatever Kleenex moments it causes, Bambi is unmissable.
By Steve Daly
FULL REVIEW
More than any self-declared masterpiece in the Disney catalog, Bambi has earned the right to be called timeless, because its concerns are transcendent and universal.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 155 User Ratings
7.6
81% Positive
126 Ratings
126 Ratings
13% Mixed
20 Ratings
20 Ratings
6% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 155 User Ratings
7.6
81% Positive
126 Ratings
126 Ratings
13% Mixed
20 Ratings
20 Ratings
6% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
Bambi is short, but I don't care, because so was Dumbo, which is also very sad but beautiful, however I have always preferred Bambi despite the fact I could really empathise with Dumbo. Bambi is a gem, and overshadowed slightly by the flawless Beauty and the Beast and the stunning Lion King. This classic is right up there with the greats, and was coincidentally Walt Disney's personal favourite. The animation is unparallelled. Those shots of the forest at the beginning were just extraordinary, and it was so colourful and stylised. Another plus was the orchestral score which was so beautiful, that alone reduced me to tears. It matched the animation beautifully, which seldom happens in animation. The characters were both funny and touching, and the story simple and timeless. I laughed so much at Thumper, when he was teaching Bambi to speak. Bambi was great to watch too and so adorable, and I was among the majority who cried when his mother died, because this film was so educational thanks to her. The animals as adolescents aren't quite as appealing as when they were children, but Bambi and Faline's romance was one of the character highlights. The best aspect for me, was that they made the enemy so mysterious. We hear about them, and see what they do, but we don't see them face to face. That is what made the characters so appealing to the audience. This is one of the few films, where you care for everybody you are introduced to. In conclusion, a funny and ever-touching underrated classic. 10/10. Bethany Cox
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знаете... даже курт кобейн назвал свою песню в честь фильма бемби... правда она называлась babmi слаугтер... но это уже другое))
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It’s beautiful, powerful stuff. The Disney animators evoke a naturalism of such depth and detail that you feel shrouded by the forest. Then, just when it seems as if you’re watching a nature documentary, bursts of artistry arrive in the form of choreographed raindrops or a wildly impressionistic forest fire.
In his search for perfection Mr. Disney has come perilously close to tossing away his whole world of cartoon fantasy. Meanwhile, of course, Bambi is going to please a great many people, for all our churlish exceptions.
By Staff (Not Credited)
FULL REVIEW
By Staff (Not Credited)
FULL REVIEW
Edward Plumb's background music is expertly keyed into the production, but none of Bambi's four songs is notable. Some innovations are. For the first time, Disney has done his backgrounds in oils instead of watercolors. The result is striking. The russet reds, browns, bright yellows, make autumn look like autumn. Each season has a special color impact.
By Staff (Not Credited)
FULL REVIEW
Bambi is not a great film. The film has a few memorably winning sequences which have become part of Disney pantheon. But in between these sequences are fairly dullish stretches of Disney kitsch, with too-cuddly animals in extreme states of too-cute behavior; there’s also a song score which is among Disney’s least interesting.
By Staff (Not Credited)
FULL REVIEW
Com seus visuais belíssimos e uma trilha sonora inesquecível, Bambi é um marco do cinema que merece ser reconhecido pela sua importância histórica e artística. Contudo, sua narrativa simples e algumas escolhas de desenvolvimento de personagens deixam a sensação de que a obra poderia ter ido mais longe. Dou uma nota 7.5/10 (75), considerando-o um bom filme, mas que depende muito do impacto emocional de suas cenas isoladas para deixar uma marca duradoura.
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Good for Children and sad too. I personally don't like the movie. I think it's boring and always makes me fal asleep.
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Throughout my childhood, I never had the opportunity to see this film, partly because it was never my first choice among the films I could choose. Now, as an adult, I decided to see it. The story is very lightly based on a tale about Bambi, a deer who will go through several adventures until he manages to become Prince of the Forest, like his father. The original narrative is, it must be said, much more adult, with betrayals, murders and violence. Of course, Walt Disney stripped it of all that content and turned it into a heartwarming children's story of growth and maturation. It is undoubtedly a good movie, but for its characteristics and sensibility it has been neglected by parents when the task is to find a good movie for their boy children. There is some prejudice here to be fought.
There is no way to deny this film the status of a classic. It has been a companion to more than a generation of kids, one of those movies that kids can see but that parents, grandparents and great-grandparents also saw when they were kids too. It is also one of the films that marks the golden age of Disney Studios and the advent of animated, colorful and brilliantly executed cinema. I think most people will agree that, even so, the movie loses favors for other films, like "Snow White", "Pinocchio" or the much more recent "Lion King". This happens, in my perspective, because of the lack of a story to tell: the film has such a sparse and simplistic narrative that it is difficult to handle a feature film, and there are several sequences and scenes that seem to be there simply to occupy spaces and length, and looking cute.
The film features a series of characters, overwhelmingly friendly to the audience and children, starting with the trio of friends Bambi, Tumper and Flower. The biggest problem I felt with these characters is Flower's more than clear sexual ambivalence, being one of the Disney characters where this is most evident: it's clearly a male who has a female name and behaves like a girl, in addition to seem to have a romantic interest in Bambi. Consequences, perhaps, of a time when accepting homosexuality was something that was absolutely out of the question. Bambi's father is a dark, distant figure, and the mother is caring and touching, his death being - I'm not spoiling, everyone knows this is one of the most intense and dramatic moments in the film - perhaps one of the moments in that Disney turned out to be more adult in its early days. The villain, the human, is left out, but we see what he does to nature.
Technically, the film is masterful. The animation is wonderfully well done and is even more praiseworthy when we think that everything was hand drawn and colored, without any digital resources or gimmicks. The safe line, the smooth way in which the scenes follow each other, the confidence with which Disney prepared this film of his are lessons to learn for anyone who wants to make an animated film. The soundtrack also suits the film very well, with the use of off-camera singers, that is, songs that are not sung by the film's characters, something new and refreshing for the films the studio made at this time.
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Thank god the mother died, or I would have to do it myself. It's a shame we couldn't see Bambi's head mounted on a wall! Bye bye Bambi!
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 3 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
DVD Exclusive Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations