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Ferdinand

Ferdinand

Animation · Family · Adventure · 2017

Ferdinand, a little bull, prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree just smelling the flowers versus jumping around, snorting, and butting heads with other bulls. As Ferdinand grows big and strong, his temperament remains mellow. But one day five men come to choose the "biggest, fastest, roughest bull" for the bullfights in Madrid— and Ferdinand is mistakenly chosen.

Movie details

Ferdinand

“Built to fight. Born to love.”

2017 Animation · Family · Adventure 1h 48m

Critical arithmetic

One number, for now.

TMDB

7.2 / 10

Community rating

Ferdinand, a little bull, prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree just smelling the flowers versus jumping around, snorting, and butting heads with other bulls. As Ferdinand grows big and strong, his temperament remains mellow. But one day five men come to choose the "biggest, fastest, roughest bull" for the bullfights in Madrid— and Ferdinand is mistakenly chosen.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Ferdinand?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

Taste neighbourhood

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Carlos Saldanha

Written by

Robert L. Baird · Tim Federle · Brad Copeland

John Cena

John Cena

Ferdinand (voice)

Kate McKinnon

Kate McKinnon

Lupe (voice)

Anthony Anderson

Anthony Anderson

Bones (voice)

Bobby Cannavale

Bobby Cannavale

Valiente / Valiente's Father (voice)

Peyton Manning

Peyton Manning

Guapo (voice)

Gina Rodriguez

Gina Rodriguez

Una (voice)

Miguel Ángel Silvestre

Miguel Ángel Silvestre

El Primero (voice)

Court is in session

Put Ferdinand 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.