Rijndri Load of rubbish!!

Dorathen Better Late Then Never

Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

bellino-angelo2014 Always loved the 1939 color version, but this version is also cute and lovable to watch. It's a bit different even from the source material, the Hans Christian Andersen fable.It begins in a hen-house, with a chicken that hatches 6 chicks and a duckling. When he discovers the duckling, he marginalisez it. But when a tornado comes, almost destroying the farm, the duckling saves the chicks and then mother chicken accepts him in his family.The animation is quite good for 1931 standards, as is still in black-and-white, but still likable, especially in the tornado sequence, and all the animals here are very cute, especially the chicks and the duckling. Also the music is quite good. And the duckling is so unlucky that you will root for him! Recommended to all fans of old animated shorts.

OllieSuave-007 This is a touching Silly Symphony cartoon from Walt Disney - a retelling of Hans Christian Anderson's tale, The Ugly Duckling. Here, a mother hen hatches some chicks, but one turns out to be an ugly duckling; therefore, it is immediately repulsed.The ugly duckling was actually pretty adorable and will immediately grab your sympathy and heart as you see him try to get along with his new family. But, the poor thing couldn't catch a break and deemed to remain lonely. However, that is until he might prove a sense of belonging by braving through a tornado to save his siblings. It's a satisfying sight seeing that even an outcasted creature could be brave enough to save those who once ignored him.A great little cartoon with a great message.Grade A-

Robert Reynolds This is a short in the Silly Symphonies series produced by Disney. There will be spoilers ahead:This is the first of two Ugly Duckling cartoons done by Disney. The 1939 version is a masterpiece and one of the finest shorts Disney ever did. This one is no slouch and is one of the better early Silly Symphonies.The basic plot is more plot than a lot of the early Silly Symphonies had and also a moral of sorts. The short starts with eggs hatching and a nervous hen awaiting the results. Six chicks and one duck come out of their shells. The hen immediately shuns the duckling as different and unacceptable.The early part of the short has the duckling trying for acceptance and being rejected repeatedly. There are some nice interludes with a cow, a dog and a frog. Then comes a tornado, with some excellent gags with the tornado and its aftermath.The duckling manages to warn the hen and her chicks of the tornado, they make for shelter, with the duckling once again an afterthought. Naturally, problems occur, with the chicks placed in danger and the hen helpless. The duckling is not helpless and jumps into action. He saves the chicks and is finally accepted.This short is available on the Disney Treasures Silly Symphonies DVD set and it and the set are well worth tracking down. Most recommended.

ackstasis Hans Christian Anderson's "The Ugly Duckling" is the classic tale of a young outsider finding his place in the world, despite the persecution of those who consider him to be different. The "ugly duckling" ultimately has the last laugh when discovers that he is, in fact, a cygnet, destined to develop into the most beautiful bird on the pond. As part of their "Silly Symphony" series, Disney made two attempts at adapting this story to the screen, once in 1931 and again in 1939. The contrast between the two films is striking: whereas one features rather primitive black-and-white animation, the other is captured in bright and vivid colours, with a degree of artistic detail for which only Disney was known at that time. However, more telling is the manner in which Wildred Jackson's original version alters Andersen's story, turning it into quite a touching plea for racial tolerance. A duckling, rather grotesquely drawn with a dark body, black face and a grating honk, is born into a family of chickens, and is immediately ostracised from the community.The Mother Hen shepherds her "normal" children away from the duckling in a manner that suggests her saying "don't play with the dark boy down the road." He is constantly bullied by his so-called siblings, ignored by his mother and generally relegated to the status of a second-class citizen. When a whirling tornado threatens the life of his family, the duckling courageously risks his life to rescue those who had previously treated him like dirt, persevering even after his mother unapologetically locks him out of the chicken coop. Eventually, the duck's unique ability to navigate the fast-moving river saves the lives of the chickens, and he is soon accepted as a valuable member of society, and, indeed, as a friend. Though this ending differs drastically from Anderson's original story, I liked its message. Rather than suggesting that "different" characters are happiest with their own kind, Jackson's 'The Ugly Duckling' recognises that everybody – whatever race, creed or colour – should be accepted into the wider community, their differences valued rather than persecuted.