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Aquamania

Aquamania

Animation · Comedy · 1961

Mr. X buys a boat and inadvertantly enters the water skiing race. With Junior driving, with no experience, he's a bit out of his league.

Movie details

Aquamania

“Avid water-skier Goofy sets out to teach his son the fine art of the sport.”

1961 Animation · Comedy 8m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.5 / 10

Community rating

Mr. X buys a boat and inadvertantly enters the water skiing race. With Junior driving, with no experience, he's a bit out of his league.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Wolfgang Reitherman

Written by

Vance Gerry · Ralph Wright

Pinto Colvig

Pinto Colvig

Goofy (voice)

Kevin Corcoran

Kevin Corcoran

Goofy, Jr. (voice)

John Dehner

John Dehner

Narrator (voice)

Court is in session

Put Aquamania 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.