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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrThe film is gentle and carries a simple moral.
- 38Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAn innocuous family feature that's too little/too late in the fast-moving world of feature animation.
- 38New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickA brightly colored but terminally dull cartoon.
- 38Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneA lame duck.
- 30VarietyVarietyBland 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.
- 30Film.comTom KeoghFilm.comTom KeoghAs with most non-Disney animated features, Trumpet of the Swan does make the Mouse look like a genius.
- 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.
- 30L.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmL.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmAt 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.
- 25Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyA pox on the man's (E.B. White) memory.
- 20New Times (L.A.)Gregory WeinkaufNew Times (L.A.)Gregory WeinkaufA shame, this frenetic mess, as there were loads of reasons to be hopeful.