The Wind in the Willows (Mr. Toad's Wild Ride)

The Wind in the Willows (Mr. Toad's Wild Ride) (1996)

  • 75% of critics liked it
    (8 reviews)

  • 56% of users liked it
    (8,901 ratings)

Former Monty Python members Terry Jones, Eric Idle, John Cleese, and Michael Palin were reunited by director Jones for this live-action adaptation of the 1908 children's fantasy classic by Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932). The actors have only slight physical changes to suggest animal… More

In Theaters
Jan 1, 1997 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Steve Rhodes, Internet Reviews

    For those with an open mind and heart, the picture is a treasure worth savoring. Don't miss this delicate mixture of tenderness and whimsy.

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    Delightfully clever Monty Pythonesque adapation of Kenneth Graham's children's classic.

  • Wendy Weinstein, Film Journal International

    Creates a make-believe world that is hard to leave.

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  • David S


    Imaginative certainly but I have a gripe with the writer/director/actor messing around with Grahame's original story and adding silly things like a dog food factory. Should have stuck with the original novel and would have made the whole thing more magical rather than saturated… More

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