Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

hyped garbage

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

I don't usually comment on films but had to for this one. It is a truly appalling film, possibly the worst I have ever seen. I don't know how anyone can think otherwise. The acting really made me cringe, it gave you no real insight into Disney's life, and the script was full of awful 'follow your heart' clichés. I was laughing my head off through most of the woeful language.One of the standout worst bits was when Disney starts using cellular animation and does a scene with some wording which says 'your fired'. Really???? It's 'YOU'RE fired', idiots. I mean how could they not even check this grammar????? My advice: avoid the film at all costs!

i was very excited that this movie was about Walt Disney until i got 1 minute into the movie where i was cringing at how awful the scripting was written as pure emphasis on just blurting out what happened rather than making a film out of the story. the film did not give me any incentive to watch on. There was no sense of realism and follow on to the movie, rather just meaningless scenes. There was NO character development what so ever and like the summary states just a really awful movie to watch. i REALLY wanted to find out how Walt Disney came to be but the TERRIBLE story line and writing didn't allow me to find anything out as i found myself shaking from how poor it was in every sense of imagination.

This film is horrific. Historically wrong, especially regarding religious agenda, and, as other reviewers have said, it does not make sense why a biopic of one of the most genius humans on the planet was this terribly made. Acting was dreadful, cinematography was dreadful, there are no saving graces. There are some terrible movies that are so ridiculous, or a particular actor saves it and it becomes a cult classic. This is not one of them. It is offensive to anyone who has studied Disney history and admires the man behind the mouse. To be specific rather then just opinionated the film does not address the problems Walt had with his father, does not convey the severity of his finances and money management, and throwing out quotes from Disney movies to make "inspirational" statements gets old incredibly quickly.

I automatically liked this movie before I saw it. It's about Walt Disney, one of my favorite figures in film history. It stars one of my favorite unknown actors, Olan Rogers (whom I've watched since the Balloon Shop days--a down-to-earth, humble, and wonderfully talented actor and writer). And it's an independent film that is true to the "independent" label--no big name studios or huge money are involved here. It's literally a small group of people who just really really want to make a movie.Most of the cast are untrained actors, and it is painfully obvious (particularly in the first half of the film). It was a struggle to watch the actors bumbling through their lines, particularly the children and Mark Stuart (Elias Disney) with his obviously put-on breathy delivery. The rushed pace of the editing and the over-reliance on narration nearly made me and my family fast forward through the first act. But we continued on, past the frustratingly amateur dialogue and delivery, through the overload of B-shots, and enduring the stiff and unrealistic pace of dialogue editing.Then, Olan Rogers and Ryan Dunlap burst on to the screen, and the entire tone of the film changes. It is literally magic when these two actors pop into view--the dialogue improves dramatically, the acting is refreshingly better, and even the dialogue editing experiences a marked improvement. (The jarringly fast editing changes to a more realistic editing style that takes its time, pausing for drama and allowing the actors to inhabit their characters.) The remaining 2/3 of the film are not perfect by any means, but it certainly is worth the watch. The beauty of the cinematography compliments the talented actors, and the rest of the film is satisfying.All in all, certainly not the best movie I've ever seen, and not even the best fully-independent film I've viewed. But it is definitely enjoyable, even if only for the joy of watching people making a movie that they love--something I'm sure that Walt himself would be proud of.