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Goofy and Wilbur

Goofy and Wilbur

Animation · Comedy · 1939

Goofy goes fishing with his best friend, Wilbur, a grasshopper.

Movie details

Goofy and Wilbur

1939 Animation · Comedy 8m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.6 / 10

Community rating

Goofy goes fishing with his best friend, Wilbur, a grasshopper.

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 Goofy and Wilbur?

The 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.

Directed by

Dick Huemer

Written by

Otto Englander

Danny Webb

Danny Webb

Goofy (voice)

O

Olcott Vail

Violin (voice)

Court is in session

Put Goofy and Wilbur 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.