Too many fans seem to be blown away

Dreadfully Boring

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

I heard about this movie because it was listed on The thief and the cobbler's wikipedia page as another movie which took a long time to make. The story behind this movie is very interesting and I find it very touching the Paul Grimault managed to complete his vision (unlike Richard Williams). The soundtrack was incredible and fit the scenes perfectly, but the sound effects are a bit lacking (but just in a few scenes). The only complaint I have with this movie is the animation. The scenes were animated decades apart, and this is a problem because the styles do not go together well, because the older animation is leagues better than the new one. That being said I can ignore this problem because even in the new animation the backgrounds are very beautiful. The dialog is also very creative, feeling more like poetry than actual dialog (this should not surprise anyone because it was all written by Jaques Prèvert) I recommend this movie to everyone

The little 80 minutes film is a very good animated film. It, however, is not a masterpiece in any way shape or form. There are several problems: in terms of plot it is too simplistic as it is a film made for small children and thus can easily bore most adults. I gave it 7/10 mostly because this film inspirited Miyazaki and Takahata to make true masterpieces out of this art form.The quality of the animation, while good for the 1950's, is not remotely comparable to more recent films, such as Princess Mononoke, which have much more realistic physics. Visually this film is quite mediocre as well: the backgrounds lack the details from modern animated features (such as the already mentioned Princess Mononoke). The soundtrack is decent, however. For me it is hard to understand that someone which has watched and understood most Ghibli films would think that this is a masterpiece.Also, finally, there is no such thing as "liking" animation, as there isn't such thing as "liking" live action. Animation is not a genre. Period. It encompasses a huge variety of genres and thus someone who doesn't like this could like Princess Mononoke, for instance, which is a completely different film. Their only similarity is the fact that they are animated and that they have talking animals.

"The King and the Mockingbird" is simply one of the most beautiful animated films ever made. I can clearly see how the works of Hayao Miyazaki (One of my favorite Japanese animators) were influenced by this, specially in the music, characters and mechanic designs. The animation is flawless, despite being made in 1980, it had the quality of the Golden Age of animation, reminding me a lot the shorts of Max Fleischer and the classic animated films from Walt Disney. I loved everything about this film. The whimsical story, the superb animation, the beautiful music, the charming characters...All was perfect. Too bad that there aren't very much animations like this anymore. If you love the Disney classics and the works done by Max Fleischer and Hayao Miyazaki, you shouldn't miss this one.I would give this eleven stars if I could.

My older brother and I watched this film, I think in a Hebrew dub, when we were younger than 8. I have not watched the movie since, although I have looked up the trailer and it does not look as bad as I remember it.However, both my brother and I remember the film as being monumentally disturbing, perhaps because of the almost arcane form of animation and a deep eerie quality. I seem to remember that, as a child, I was able to recognize the king as a villain but that the alignment of other characters was rather ambiguous. Put simply, this movie thoroughly creeped me out.I would wager that this is simply not a movie for children and that it somehow managed to sneak past parental controls. This would be understandable because many people assume that all animation is for children.P.S. I have scoured the net looking for this movie with no memory of it's name or origin and thanks to IMDb I managed to find it. Although my memories of this movie are negative I am glad to be able to track down a powerful childhood experience (to the movie's credit?).