Let's be realistic.

Brilliant and touching

Absolutely Fantastic

There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

Movie Review: "The Fox And The Hound" (1981)In a time when Disney Animated Studio domination on the U.S. domestic market started to fade by restreating, initiative feature director Wolfgang Reitherman (1909-1985) known for animating "Cinederalla" (1950) and then directing the popular animated movie classics "The Jungle Book" (1967) and "Robin Hood" (1973) comes this highly-unlikely story of the title-given two speaking-out animals in an Arkansas-forest-region in a united state of nowhere, when the spectactor must indulge into the struggle of life for finding balance by meeting unlikely friends, battling them, forgive them, learning further lessons to grow-up and then keeping out of trouble before a show-stopping, over-the-edge, grizzly-bear-hunted showdown destructs any hope of former Disney pleasures.Even though this evening-filling, fairly-paced animated feature by an directing trio, including writer Ted Berman (1919-2001), externalized producer Richard Rich and Art Stevens (1915-2007), a former animator for "Peter Pan" (1953) among others in favor of Disney Animation Studios as being lucklily a protegé of at that time still-dominating as co-producing Wolfgang Reitherman, who together could deliver in "Star Wars" -owned summer season of 1977 with entertaining "The Rescuers", but here break off the magic bow from a sacred tree for Walt Disney Pictures in giving-in to melodrama without one song sung by any character, especially due to the unless professional-synchronising actors Kurt Russell and Mickey Rooney (1920-2014), who share a portrayal of a hound, getting drilled to hunt for trails in the woods for food-purposes in order to feat shot-gun swinging not-in-the-slightest sympathical character of Amos Slade, given voice by look-a-like Academy-Award-winning actor Jack Albertson (1907-1981), who eventually dealing with trash-white designed, but decency-spreading neighbor of high-talking too-old single character of Big Mama, cowardly engaged by talented voice-gifted Afro-American entertainer Pearl Bailey (1918-1990).Additional trademarking feature, concerning this controversial animated feature by Walt Disney Animation get neglected as an unspectacular, almost in-audible soundtrack composed by Buddy Baker (1918-2002), who cannot save the major league animations as high-peak effort of the entire animation department with analyzing human as animal behaviour, mimics and gestures in dedicated detail to fulfill a simple-enough story of rivals by nature, when in today'sworld a blue police bunny & red crime-embracing fox is needed - totally recalling "Zootopia" (2016) - to blast international box offices.© 2018 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

First of all, the critical issue here is the way we treat one another based on things we can't control. Tod and Copper were born to be enemies, but as little ones ignored all that. But as they grew they were forced to forget their empathy. It's truly sad how we often treat one another based on the superficial. The downside, if one wants to take this seriously, is that these are natural adversaries, and in the natural setting, would not hesitate to kill. One could say that Disney's pairing of them is a bit unfair. Even in a Biblical sense, people and animals carry labels, and, in some circumstances, it is said that it's the way things are. But I think the former message prevails here. This is a good film for young children to absorb that sense of the clash of differences which can be deadly.

The Fox and the Hound is an animated Disney movie made in 1981. The movie is about how a fox and a hound becomes friends. But as they grow older is becomes harder because the fox is a wild animal. And the hound is a hunting dog that catches wild animals. But against the odds they find a way to become friends again after such a long time apart. I give this movie a ten out of ten. I give the move, The Fox and the Hound, this rating because it was personally one of my favorite movies of all time when I was a kid. Another reason I give this movie that high of a rating because it is enjoyable for all ages. I recommend that you watch it because it will make the perfect movie to watch.

I loved it then and I love it now. This film brings back good memories from my childhood. It is a long time favorite film. Such a good story about friendships. A friendship. That is exactly what this movie is about. The friendship between Todd (a fox) and Copper (a hound).This movie has quite a bit of comedy in it although the movie is a drama with some of the saddest moments in a Disney animation. One of the reasons I loved this movie was the fact it plays with the viewers emotions. It is a fabulous story.This movie is definitely underrated and deserves to be in the top 20 list of Disney's finest animated films - just my opinion.If you enjoyed other Disney animations like "Lady and the Tramp", "The AristoCats", "Dumbo", or "101 Dalmatians" then you might enjoy The Fox and the Hound.10/10