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Once Upon a Forest

Once Upon a Forest

Animation · Family · Adventure · 1993

A young mouse, mole and hedgehog risk their lives to find a cure for their badger friend, who's been poisoned by men.

Movie details

Once Upon a Forest

“An adventurous race against time!”

1993 Animation · Family · Adventure 1h 11m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.4 / 10

6.2K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

22 %

Tomatometer

TMDB

6.6 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

A young mouse, mole and hedgehog risk their lives to find a cure for their badger friend, who's been poisoned by men.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Once Upon a Forest?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Charles Grosvenor

Written by

Mark Young · Kelly Ward · Rae Lambert

Michael Crawford

Michael Crawford

Cornelius (voice)

Ben Vereen

Ben Vereen

Phineas (voice)

Ellen Blain

Ellen Blain

Abigail (voice)

Benji Gregory

Benji Gregory

Edgar (voice)

P

Paige Gosney

Russell (voice)

Elisabeth Moss

Elisabeth Moss

Michelle (voice)

Paul Eiding

Paul Eiding

Abigail's Father (voice)

Court is in session

Put Once Upon a Forest on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.