Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Historically during Disney's classic era back in the 40s and 50s, they tried to emulate Warner Brothers and MGM's humor, but slowed down to allow kids to digest the jokes with their parents. The kids didn't always get the jokes, but the parents smiled knowingly nevertheless, even though they didn't laugh much. If you wanted to laugh, then you saw a WB or MGM toon. Disney was strictly kids fare. Disney has tried to reinvent themselves since maybe about the mid 90s or so, but bringing us, dare I say it, half baked sequels or animated films related to classic Disney properties. I am told that Michael Eisner was responsible for this new tact, and I can't say I really blame him, though I'm curious as to what the thinking was for the Disney empire. Was Disney Studios faltering? Heck if I know, but with a series of lackluster productions that tried to bring fast paced humor and slapstick to the movie theatres and home video markets, it wasn't hard to see that it seemed like the folks at Disney were grasping at straws.So it is with this film. The story is a very G-rated version of Dumas' tale, which we can forgive as the Disney people are using Mickey et al to tell a tale of a bid for the French throne. It's cute in this regard that we see Micky, Donald and Goofy (along with a couple of other supporting characters) relive a kid friendly version of the Three Musketeers.My beef is with the fact that it's a pretty lack luster effort in the writing department. The fast paced gags, to me at least, seemed a little more telegraphed and haphazard in terms of logic than equivalent efforts by Disney in the 80s and early 90s. To juxtapose one merely only look at Fantasia 2000, and the Noah's Ark sequence starring Donald Duck as Noah's helper in rounding up the animals. There the sight gags make a little more sense. Donald has an objective to achieve, and the jokes makes sense for the tale. The Three Musketeers is more randomized and off the wall, but to be honest in a bad way.The DVD has a behind the scenes look at the film from concept to execution, and one wonders why more staff were not brought in to review the story board session; i.e. a test audience to see if the gags worked. But, I suppose that's neither here nor there.All in all it's an endearing effort, but doesn't shine as it should have had more talent been brought in to double check the logic and vibrancy of the humor drawn and written for the film.It could have been better.On the upside they did draw the characters as they should have always been drawn. And that's welcome. Not a CGI film (thank goodness), but an old fashioned hand drawn flick.If you're not picky about your kids' entertainment, then maybe give this film a shot. Otherwise, and I'd never thought I'd even say this about a Disney film, but you could do better.Give it a shot. The thing that saves this film is that Disney production values are injected into the execution of the animation, and therefore the film visually carries the audience through a tale and screenplay that needed some work.See it once.

Mickey,Donald and Goofy star in this cute musical as three janitors who dream of becoming musketeers because three of them saved them when they were young.When Pete is trying to steal Queen Minnie's thrown,he is hoping that his henchmen are doing a good job in kidnapping Minnie but when one fail attempt to "kidnap" Minnie(they thought they had to kill her)got in the way,Minnie wants musketeer bodyguards and Pete knows he's screwed but an idea comes to his head and he hires Mickey,Donald and,Goofy to become musketeers and protect her.But when Minnie was in a time of need when the henchmen kidnap her Donald hides only leaving Goofy and Mickey behind.Mickey and Goofy succeed but Minnie isn't safe for long....This a good tale on how Mickey's,Donald's and Goofy's dream come true as they go on wacky adventures and do hilarious stuff that can get them into trouble.The songs in it are good for an animated movie and the plot is perfect and goes at a good Pace.No matter what Mickey,Donald and Goofy do their friendship is never broken and they stick together in attempts to stop Pete in becoming king of France and its never too late to see this movie.This a good movie that could make your kids who are fans of Mickey Mouse to be quiet for at least an hour and a few minutes but you watch it too its great!

*The Three SPOILERS* A young turtle gets the chance of his life as for a fortuitous accident, he gets to narrate a TV Special.The story he decides to tell is one of how Donald, Goofy and Mickey, after having been saved by the Three Musketeers as kids, made their life goal to become Musketeers themselves.Sadly, Captain of the Musketeers (who all look remarkably like Goofy) is none other than Pegleg Pete, who quickly deems them too chicken (Donald), too stupid (Goofy) and too short (Mickey).Soon after, though, he makes them Musketeers and instructs them to protect Princess Minnie and her Maid of Company Daisy.Why? But because he's counting on their incompetence to be able to kill the Princess and become King himself! So, to save the Princess and the Kingdom, our three will have to grow up and act quickly...It's an enjoyable movie, even though they over-exaggerated Donald's lack of courage. Ideal especially for kids.The Three Musketeers (Donald, Mickey and Goofy): 8/10.

I picked this up from the video store not expecting much, but I really was surprised. This is sure to become an instant classic. As usual, Disney has the characterization right-on -- Mickey's the straight, normal guy, Goofy's the clumsy goofball who surprisingly has brief moments of genius, and Donald's the loudmouth with a bad temper. Pete was his usual bad self, and his scenes had me cracking up. For example, when he's preparing for a shower at the beginning, he says to himself, "I've been looking forward to this all month!" The songs are based on melodies from classical music, so they're tolerable and stick in your head afterward. Thank goodness for that, because Disney's music has slipped down the drain in the past several years. The comedy is a little slapstick at parts, but has the classical charm of the old cartoons we grew up on. However, as one reviewer said, the turtle guy at the beginning is a little boring, but the rest of the movie more than makes up for it.All in all, this story of three underdogs really is worth viewing. It is excellent for kids and adults will actually be able to giggle at some parts and enjoy it, especially since it is reminiscent of old Disney cartoons. I was so impressed that I had my adult brothers watch it, and they were impressed and giggled through the whole thing. This movie is proof that Disney still has the ability to make good movies and that Disney's original characters are still capable of starring in their own films. Highly recommended!