Critic Reviews
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, TIME Magazine
That rare event, a Disney failure.
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Variety Staff, Variety
It's a gay, colorful, resplendent conceit.
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Bosley Crowther, New York Times
A brilliant hodgepodge of Mr. Disney's illustrative art-a literal spinwheel of image, color and music which tumbles at you with explosive surprise.
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
No other Disney feature achieved this level of exuberant abstraction, or displayed the same sheer pleasure in the magic of the animator's art.
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Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy
By far the strangest feature-length movie in the history of the Walt Disney Company, with virtually every new minute bringing something more insanely creative than the last.
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, TV Guide's Movie Guide
This is one of the most dazzling achievements of the cartoon genre.
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Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
The two films are as artistically astonishing as they are culturally clueless.
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Eric Henderson, Slant Magazine
The menu buttons are shaped like sombreros. I trust I needn't say more.
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Bob Bloom, Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
A wonderful blending of live action, animation and good South American music.
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, Film4
Particularly notable is the animated train travelling through a garden of real flowers.
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Jeremy Heilman, MovieMartyr.com
[After the] headlong launch into that abstract fantasia of color and sound, it's difficult to deny the sexual nature of its characters' pelvic thrusts and rampant phallic imagery. Clearly, this is Disney's horniest animated feature.
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Featured Audience Ratings
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Great sights and sounds of South America made in this Walt Disney colourful, sweetly nostalgic, forties flavoured travelogue which highlights some of the more exotic cities of Latin America with my favourite Disney cartoon character, Donald Duck with Joe Carioca and Panchito the… More
Great sights and sounds of South America made in this Walt Disney colourful, sweetly nostalgic, forties flavoured travelogue which highlights some of the more exotic cities of Latin America with my favourite Disney cartoon character, Donald Duck with Joe Carioca and Panchito the Charro Rooster as tour guides.
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Cute movie - watched it a couple of years ago on a date, so it has some strange connotations. Typical Disney fluff.
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Number 2 From Compilation era
The animation is a bit more interesting then the previous film, and it does have it's fun moments throughout.
It's hard to give this era of films a long thorough review because when it comes down to it some shorts were fun and others… More
Number 2 From Compilation era
The animation is a bit more interesting then the previous film, and it does have it's fun moments throughout.
It's hard to give this era of films a long thorough review because when it comes down to it some shorts were fun and others weren't.
Next up: Make Mine... hmm third word that begins with M what could it possibly be.
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Wacky, creative, hyper-active, ambitious, schizophrenic The Three Caballeros is a more energetic and entertaining film than it's predecessor Saludos Amigos. A few animated shorts (which have little to do with the overall story, or lack there of) are present but the film largely… More
Wacky, creative, hyper-active, ambitious, schizophrenic The Three Caballeros is a more energetic and entertaining film than it's predecessor Saludos Amigos. A few animated shorts (which have little to do with the overall story, or lack there of) are present but the film largely consists of Donald's interaction with the never seen narrator (one might have flashbacks to the famous Daffy Duck Looney Tunes bit, though this obviously pre-dated that) as he is given three birthday gifts that bring him on three separate adventures around the world. I'm fairly confident that this was the first film to incorporate live action and animation together, a style that would later be used in far better films. I loved this film as a kid, when I re-discovered it as an adult I was slightly underwhelmed, perhaps it was best to have it only exist in my memory.
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A dazzling display of early Disney animation and colour that takes Donald on one of his most grand adventures to date. The film is definitely one of Disney's most unique, daring, educational, and enjoyable films. It holds a neat collection of Spanish musical numbers and… More
A dazzling display of early Disney animation and colour that takes Donald on one of his most grand adventures to date. The film is definitely one of Disney's most unique, daring, educational, and enjoyable films. It holds a neat collection of Spanish musical numbers and interesting portrayals of real-life people and scenery. It also adds to the experience with the usage of guns, cigars, scantly-clad women, and curse words. These aspects of the film would never be allowed in a children's cartoon in the modern day. Ultimately, the film is upbeat, funny, and quite informative in its own special way.
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Better than Saludos no doubt, beautifully animated by Disney once again, ever though it wasn't as good as the first 5 of the greats that Walt has done.
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Disney Movie #13: The Three Caballeros
The Three Caballeros is colorful, funny and completely random at times but that's what makes it a classic. The Three Caballeros are great together, each one contrasting the others. It's definitely the most energetic and fast paced out… More
Disney Movie #13: The Three Caballeros
The Three Caballeros is colorful, funny and completely random at times but that's what makes it a classic. The Three Caballeros are great together, each one contrasting the others. It's definitely the most energetic and fast paced out of all the Fantasia Era films. The Three Caballeros, in my opinion, is one of the best, if not the best, Disney Fantasia Era film.
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