As the 16th Disney animated film, Sleeping Beauty is one of the most beautiful, yet most difficult, Disney films ever made.  It took many years to make the film and, despite the film’s immense popularity now, it received mixed reviews when it came out.  Similar to Lady and the Tramp, critics seemed to think it was too corny and actually unfairly compared it to Snow White.  The film also did poorly during its initial box office run.  In later years after Walt Disney’s death, the movie finally started to be seen by critics and audiences for the work of art that it is and earned its profit with several re-releases. …

As the 15th Disney animated film, Lady and the Tramp is considered one of Disney’s most beloved films today (the spaghetti kiss scene is one of the most famous Disney scenes ever); however, when this film was first released, it got mixed reviews from critics as they seemed to think that it was too cheesy.  Audiences strongly disagreed, though, and they received the movie positively and it ended up becoming one of the highest grossing movies of 1955.  I hope that everyone loves this movie as much as I do!  Whatever your thoughts I’d love to hear from you! Lady and the Tramp (fun fact: Walt Disney got the idea…

As the 14th animated feature film for Disney (I’m skipping Alice in Wonderland), Peter Pan is perhaps one of Disney’s most well-known movies (at least all my friends have seen it).  It was well-received and was a box office success back in the 1950’s.  While Peter Pan has “birthed” some of the most popular Disney characters ever, I think the movie does have a fair amount of content that makes me more than a little uncomfortable; and I have to believe that my friends would agree, most especially my friends who are females and who are Native Americans.  I would love to hear your thoughts on this Disney film! Peter…

After the release of Bambi, World War II started to break out in the U.S.  Disney could barely afford to make full length animated films at that time and was forced to squash different ideas of his into one film (he made six of these package films which I’m choosing to skip).  Cinderella was the first “non-package” film produced by Disney after WWII.  Cinderella actually saved Disney from going bankrupt when it was released, since it received great success critically and financially and is still much loved by Disney fans today.  I hope everyone loves this classic as much as I do! Whatever your thoughts I’d love to hear from…

As the fifth Disney animated movie, Bambi is one of the most popular Disney movies and the last film of Disney’s Golden Age (with Snow White being the first).  While some people might consider it the least controversial of the Golden Age, it was released with controversy when it came out due to the environmental theme; the film also didn’t make much money when it came out (the same thing happened with Pinocchio and Fantasia) but it eventually earned its profit with several re-releases.  I actually did not see the movie until I was older, and I read the book not too long after that.  And I hope others out…

As the fourth animated feature film for Disney (I’m skipping Fantasia), Dumbo just had to be the next Evangeline Files review.  While Dumbo himself is one of the most adorable characters Disney has ever created, I think, the movie does have some content that makes me more than a little uncomfortable; and I have to believe that my friends would agree, most especially my friends who are not Caucasian.  I would love to hear your thoughts on this Disney film! Dumbo is about an elephant who is born with much larger ears than your average elephant and is bullied because of the size of his ears.  Dumbo has his mom…

As the second animated feature film for Disney, Pinocchio just had to be the second Evangeline Files review.  Pinocchio, I think, would be considered rather edgy today (for a kid’s movie)—I actually didn’t see it myself until I was older and had read the book on which it was based.  I would love to hear your thoughts on this classic Disney film! Pinocchio review: Pinocchio (based on a dark Italian novel) is about a lonely toymaker, Geppetto, who makes a wooden puppet whom he names Pinocchio.  When Geppetto wishes on a star for Pinocchio to become a real boy, he comes to life as a talking puppet with the help…

As the very first animated feature film of all time and the very first animated full-length Disney movie (they did only short films before this one), it seems only fitting to start the Evangeline Files with a review of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.  I hope others out there love this movie as much as I always have.  Whatever your thoughts, I would love to hear from you! Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs review: Snow White (based on a German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm) is about a 14-year old girl who has to escape the wickedness of her evil stepmother, which is super sad; the stepmother…