Fun and Fancy Free

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Fun and Fancy Free

G

Released Sep 27, 1947

1h 13m

Kids & Family

Fantasy

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Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen introduces cartoons: "Bongo," about a unicycling circus bear, and "Mickey and the Beanstalk."

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Critics Consensus

Though it doesn't quite live up to its title, Fun and Fancy Free has its moments, and it's a rare opportunity to see Mickey, Donald, and Goofy together.

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TIME Magazine

The whole picture peters out and becomes as oddly off-balance and inconsequential as its title.

Nov 16, 2009

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Bosley Crowther

New York Times

While the emphasis is more on the first part than on the second part of that compound, it's okay.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 25, 2006

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Keith Phipps

AV Club

Fun And Fancy Free is a mixed bag with more than enough interesting material to make it worth seeing, even if it falls short of Disney's shameless self-praise.

Oct 9, 2001

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...a hit-and-miss yet mostly watchable anthology film...

Rated: 3/4

Aug 6, 2024

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Carson Timar

ButteredPopcorn

The fact that so much effort was put into Fun and Fancy Free to make it feel like more than just a random collection of shorts is something to be celebrated, even if the final product remains passable at best.

Nov 22, 2023

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Rachel Wagner

rachelsreviews.net

Bland, bland, bland and the live action sections don't work and are awkward.

Rated: D-

May 9, 2019

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Luke R

It’s not one of the best, but it has a really good message about positivity. It should’ve just been about the whole beanstalk thing.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/01/25

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Juju S

J'ai quand même un problème avec les prises de vue réelle... deux histoires ont été adapté dans cette oeuvre qui ne sont pas celles qui m'ont le plus transcendé, mais c'était sympa.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/18/25

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Nicholas B

Fun and Fancy Free is a decent three-star animated film that has its moments but didn’t fully win me over. While the classic Disney charm is present, the storytelling felt a bit uneven. The mix of two shorter segments—Bongo and Mickey and the Beanstalk—offers enjoyable animation and fun characters, but the overall film doesn’t stand out as much as other Disney classics for me.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/25/25

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Kevin P

It’s fairly entertaining, but kind of boring overall. The Bongo story was decent, but brought down by the weirdass “Sing it with a Slap” musical number (aka easily the worst Disney song I can think of). The opening sequence with Jiminy Cricket is decent, even if one of the newspaper lines he tries to brush off unintentionally foreshadows climate change. The Mickey & the Beanstalk storyline was cute with special shoutout to newcomer Willie the Giant, but gets undermined by this creepyass “birthday party” of a little girl who’s only invitees are a grown man and his two ventriloquist puppets. Overall, it’s a mixed bag of a movie and easily one of the lowest members of the Disney Animated Canon totem pole.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/26/25

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Liam D

The first of these “package” films. It has uneven segments and some classic nightmare fuel

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/24/24

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Jace E

More memorable than other collections of shorts, there were some stand-out moments. Unfortunately, the live-action scenes were just too creepy.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/17/24

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Jack Kinney

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Synopsis

Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen introduces cartoons: "Bongo," about a unicycling circus bear, and "Mickey and the Beanstalk."

Director: Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, William M. Morgan
Production Co: Walt Disney Productions
Rating: G
Genre: Kids & Family, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 27, 1947, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 23, 2015
Runtime: 1h 13m

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