The Fox and the Hound movie review

April 9, 2010 - #4/100
The Fox and the Hound (1981)

Surprisingly enough, I have never seen The Fox and the Hound. If I have, then I was too young to even remember anything about the movie. I won't go too much into the plot since I'm sure that many people have seen this film, but there is a fox named Tod and a hound named Copper. In the very beginning of the movie, Tod's mom is killed and Widow Tweed takes Tod in and decides to care for him. Around the same time, Amos Slade, who is a neighbor of Widow Tweed, gets a hound dog. When Tod and Copper are young, they become best friends. But, Copper is a hunting dog. So, as he gets older, he is actually trained to hunt foxes and other various animals. Therefore, he tries to hunt Tod several times throughout the film. All of these other crazy shenanigans happen throughout the movie. Personally, I was surprised at how much suspense was in this movie. Generally, with Disney movies, there isn't a whole lot of suspense. But, this movie was pretty much suspenseful throughout the entire movie. I was constantly worried, trying to figure out what was going to happen (even though most Disney movies end happily, I still couldn't help but to worry). The only thing that I honestly didn't care much about with this movie was the music. The songs that were written for the movie, to me, didn't really sound that great when compared to Disney's past movies. It was mostly just the lyrics that I didn't like so much. The score was great, but the songs with lyrics weren't that great, in my opinion. Overall, I thought that this was a very cute and entertaining movie, and I wouldn't mind watching it again.

I gave this movie 9/10 stars on imdb.com.