Critic Reviews
27
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
positive
1(7%)
mixed
2(13%)
negative
12(80%)
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63
Modest, unassuming fare for younger children.
50
The film is gentle and carries a simple moral.
40
A bland, well-meaning mishmash that never coheres into a dramatic whole.
38
An innocuous family feature that's too little/too late in the fast-moving world of feature animation.
38
A brightly colored but terminally dull cartoon.
38
A lame duck.
30
Bland animated musical offers little to charm adults with fond memories of the book, and even tykes are likely to become bored by the halfway point.
30
As with most non-Disney animated features, Trumpet of the Swan does make the Mouse look like a genius.
30
Nothing quite works about The Trumpet of the Swan, one of those animated films that make you realize how hard it is to strike the right tone for a family film.
30
At times, both swans and humans appear oddly out of sync with their flat backgrounds, while the film's few musical flights of fancy never achieve visual liftoff.
