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.
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Fun and Fancy Free
Animation · Family · Fantasy · 1947
Jiminy Cricket hosts two Disney animated shorts: Bongo about a circus bear escaping to the wild, and Mickey and the Beanstalk, a take on the famous fairy tale.
Movie details
Fun and Fancy Free
1947 Animation · Family · Fantasy 1h 13m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.3 / 10
Community rating
Jiminy Cricket hosts two Disney animated shorts: Bongo about a circus bear escaping to the wild, and Mickey and the Beanstalk, a take on the famous fairy tale.
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 Fun and Fancy Free?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Hamilton Luske · Jack Kinney · Bill Roberts
Written by
Harry Reeves · Homer Brightman · Eldon Dedini · Ted Sears
Edgar Bergen
Himself / Charlie McCarthy / Mortimer Snerd
Dinah Shore
Narrator (voice)
Luana Patten
Herself
Walt Disney
Mickey Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
A
Anita Gordon
Singing Harp (voice)
Cliff Edwards
Jiminy Cricket (voice)
Clarence Nash
Donald Duck / Cat (voice)
Court is in session
Put Fun and Fancy Free on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
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.