Lady and the Tramp: Critic Reviews

The sentimentality is mighty, and the use of the CinemaScope size does not make for any less awareness of the thickness of the goo.

Disney's imagination seems at a low ebb, saddled with a shrunken, excessively naturalistic style in line with the diminished possibilities of postwar animation, and not yet graced by the inspiration that would redeem that style in Sleeping Beauty.

The wider canvas and extra detail work reportedly meant an additional 30% in negative cost. It was a sound investment.

Walt Disney has for so long parlayed gooey sentiment and stark horror into profitable cartoons that most moviegoers are apt to be more surprised than disappointed to discover that the combination somehow does not work this time.

Classic Disney dogs paw their way into hearts.

Easily the most beautifully-animated piece to come out of the Disney Studios since the Golden Age ended.

A charming piece of vintage entertainment from Walt Disney, replete with wholesome family values.

[It made] more money than any other film from the 1950s except The Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur.

Happily the cameo lowlife, an excellent manic beaver, the famously villainous Siamese, and classic songs rescue the film from dumb animal sentiment.

...somewhat overrated...

One of Disney's simplest and most delightful animated features

The vintage animation is brilliant, and Disney has done a wonderful job with the transfer to DVD.

They don't make movies like Lady and the Tramp any more. I know that's a cliche, but it's true.

Parents used to having their kids explain films to them will have their hands full on this one.

The 50th Anniversary DVD release of Lady and the Tramp shows you everything that is right and wrong with Disney in one DVD package.

Technically, Disney has created nothing finer.

Charming and nostalgic.

Not only is Lady and the Tramp one of Disney's sweetest films, it's one of their loveliest to look at.

True Disney classic animation with great score.