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Bambi
1942 70 min United States of America G 0+
★8.3
Animation, Drama, Family
Director: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, David Hand
🎭 Based on
«Bambi, A Life in the Woods»
byFelix Salten
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Description
Bambi's tale unfolds from season to season as the young prince of the forest learns about life, love, and friends.
Budget:
$858,000
US Gross:
$102.25M
Worldwide:
$267.45M
Starring
Hardie Albright
Actor
Stan Alexander
Actor
Bobette Audrey
Actor
Awards
Academy Awards 1943
— Best Score for a Drama or Comedy
Academy Awards 1943
— Best Original Song
Academy Awards 1943
— Best Sound
Key opinion
Bambi is widely regarded as a timeless animation masterpiece, praised for its groundbreaking visual artistry and profound emotional depth in depicting the cycle of life. While most viewers find its simplicity and naturalism deeply moving, a minority find the deliberate pacing and lack of traditional plot structure to be tedious.
| Production | The animation quality remains a benchmark for the medium, utilizing detailed studies of animal movement to create a living, breathing natural world. | |
| Score | The musical score serves as a powerful emotional anchor that heightens the film's most poignant and beautiful moments. | |
| Emotion | The film delivers a powerful, lasting emotional impact by teaching themes of empathy, loss, and resilience in the face of nature's hardships. | |
| Pacing | Opinions on pacing are divided: many find the meditative, observational approach to the forest cycle relaxing and beautiful, while others find the slow tempo and minimal narrative structure boring. |