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67% Critic Match
Ferdinand the Bull
“Ferdinand only wants to stop and smell the flowers.”
6.7 / 10• 1938• 8m•G• English
AnimationComedyFamily
Storyline
This Oscar-winning short tells of a bull who preferred to sit under trees and smell flowers to clashing horns with his fellow animals. As luck would have it, an untimely bee reveals Ferdinand's ferocious side via pained howls and wild stomping. This lands him in the bull-fighting arena amidst characters based on Walt's animators with a matador reportedly modeled after Walt himself.
Cast & Crew
Milt Kahl
Ferdinand (voice)
Lead
Don Wilson
Narrator (voice)
Walt Disney
Ferdinand's Mother (voice)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Dick Rickard's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Ferdinand the Bull is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
