Reader comments: Once Upon a Forest
| Jul. 19, 2008
Once Upon A Forest is my favorite movie with The PageMaster,Cats Don't Dance and Quest For Camelot.
| Apr. 3, 2008
At Disney, I enjoyed The Little Mermaid, DuckTales The Movie Treasure Of The Lost Lamp enthralled with Beauty And The Beast and I had lot of fun watching Aladdin and now I'm watching Once Upon A Forest.
ANONYMOUS | Dec. 4, 2007
Once Upon a Forest is from the creator of Blank Check Hocus
Pocus and
An American Tail
TAUNITA | Mar. 12, 2006
l like thi movi because is so interesting
DEBBIE SAUNDERS | Feb. 2, 2000
A story of diligence and working together, Once Upon a
Forest is a story in which three young furlings work
together to help their friend, Michelle after she is
poisoned as a result of the carelessness of man.The subject
matter is serious many times and confronts the topics of
careless man/pollution and death in a true, but gentle way.
A conversation starter about things that are real today.
The music is stirring, and the plot fun and serious all
together. My children and I really liked it!
R. HAYES, JR | Nov. 30, 1999
A wonderful story... despite some scary moments for the
"furlings", and a strong touch of tragedy when one of the
children nearly dies--and loses her parents, as well-- the
overall lesson was upbeat, and one of hope. In the end, the
illness is cured, the animals are reunited with their
families, unity and cooperation and heart overcome
adversity... and the point is made that, maybe, humans
arent all bad after all.
The story does rely on a couple of cliches... and by adult
standards the problems are resolved a little too easily. It
is a measure of the writer's honesty, however, that they
didnt resort to "resurrecting" the lost parents "to make
the ending happier..." a galling bit of tripe commonly
ladeled out to children in massive doses by the movie
industry. The story rang all the truer for its absence.
Best of all, the "save the planet" message wasn't, as I
expected, rammed down the audience's throat. Again,
glorious in its absence. The lesson, if any, was more
realistic than the stereotypical "evil corporate land-
rapist". It presented that humans are often careless, and
sometimes cruel-- but perhaps, as Cornelius learned, they
are not all bad.
Three stars, definitely.
CHRIS LAMBERT | Aug. 12, 1999
I FOUND THIS TO BE A VERY HEARTWARMING TALE, A REMINDER
PERHAPS OF ALL THE MORE CARE WE NEED TO TAKE IN THE
PROTECTION OF OUR TREASURED WILDLIFE. THE IMPACT OF THIS
FILM WILL HOPEFULLY INSPIRE THE YOUNGER GENERATION TO TAKE
MORE CARE OF BOTH WILDLIFE AND THE NATURAL WOODLAND THAN WE
SEEM TO HAVE DONE THUS FAR. SURE, IT'S A FAIRLY SIMPLE TALE,
BUT ONE THAT TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF MANY A CHILD WHO SEES FAR
TOO MUCH OF A COULDN'T CARE LESS ATTITUDE TO THE
ENVIRONMENT.
EKHART GEORGI | Jan. 11, 1999
"A delightful little yarn" is not the correct term for a
movie in which the death of parents is shown and in which
one of the characters hovers on the verge of death for more
than one hour. The children and their mentor think they are
the only survivors of the catastrophe and the children are
left no choice but to go on their hopeless quest. The
feeling throughout most of the movie is of angst and
extreme anguish.
"Once Upon a Forest" is definitely too traumatic for many
children and for all under the age of 5. The rating should
be PG, not G.
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