Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

So sad that the child actor Bobby Driscoll lies in a paupers grave. Come on Disney do the right thing! He was also Peters voice in Peter Pan.

Let's begin Channel Awesome Month to celebrate their tenth year anniversary! This film was reviewed by Cinema Snob. It was great to see a movie so rare. Hey, they say that "The Day The Clown Cried" is going to be eventually shown sometime now! The best parts of this film are easily the animated bits. This is one of the earliest examples of animation blending with live-action and these are effects that really do hold up!Well, everything is CGI nowadays. I admit that the story could have been better, but Uncle Remus is still a good character. I managed to read a kid's book version of the bit with the tar baby. Kind of strange how one of the most seemingly offensive parts would be more mainstream. I guess the child actors could be better, but this is still quite fun. They actually rereleased this film half a dozen times and even have a theme park ride based on it! ***

Disney's Song of the South has long been a problematic film because of its portrayal of African Americans in the post-Civil War American South. Hollywood films at this time still used clichés of ethnic minorities, even though things were starting to change. One must take that into consideration when viewing this film. In actuality, this film is progressive in terms of race relations. The black characters are still subservient, but only to the elderly plantation owner. Uncle Remus takes on the role of a mentor to the young Johnny, whose father is absent. He is also shown scolding the two troublesome white children, who act as the villains of the picture. The fact that Disney had African American actors to voice the animated characters, despite stereotyped dialect, is commendable for that time period.I believe another factor as to why Disney hasn't made this film available, is to avoid exposing children to the ethnic clichés that are no longer acceptable in today's society. Unlike "Gone With The Wind", which also has controversial depictions of African Americans, the audience for Song of the South was the entire family, which includes children. Although, in the 2000's, Disney did make available all of their cartoon shorts to collectors, which included controversial material, but with contextual introductions. Fans at the time said that that was the best way to put out the film, but Disney declined. In my opinion, all films from this era should be made available, at least for film buffs and historians to view and study.Race controversy aside, the film isn't particularly very engaging nor interesting as some of the other Disney films are. The only parts worth watching multiple times are the animated segments. The combination of live action and animation was perfected in this film and is very believable. The character animation is top notch; Among the best animation of the 1940's. Like "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" 40 years later, this film nicely conveys the notion of a cartoon world tucked away within our own world and that's what the film's greatest strength. Most Disney fans know already that this film has never been released on any video format in the United States because of the controversy. Although it was officially released in other countries in the 80's and 90's, likely because the controversy doesn't extend to other cultures. The only legal way to see this film has been to import a VHS or laserdisc from Asia or Europe. Ironically, lots of production art has been published in various Disney art books over the years and merchandise of the characters is still produced. Even more ironic is that one of the biggest attractions at Disneyland, Splash Mountain, is based on this film.Hopefully the day will come when Disney makes some provision for this film to become accessible.

I'm 30 years old, and before today I had never even heard of Song of the South. After learning of it I knew that I had to see it, and judge it for myself. Well, I did, and I thought it was a pretty good movie. Is it the best Disney has to offer? In my opinion, no, but had I been allowed to see it as a child I might have viewed it more highly than I do as an adult. For the life of me I can't understand why Disney banned it. Because it portrays slaves as happy? Because it portrays them at all? It's a kids movie, and one that was made when segregation was still prevalent for that matter. Frankly, I'm surprised a movie like this got made at all in 1946. With everybody up in arms over political correctness these days, I feel Song of the South hasn't got a chance of getting an updated release, and it's a shame. My four year old watched part of it with me, and he thought the animated scenes with Br're Rabbit were hilarious. I'd love to see a version of this movie cleaned up and restored as the version I saw was pretty dark, and some parts were hard to make out. It baffles me how James Baskett could win an honorary Oscar for his role as Remus, and Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah could win for original song, and then Disney pretend that this movie never even existed. How does this happen? It's a disgrace that more children aren't given the chance to see Song of the South. I hope one day that changes, but for now I'm not going to hold my breath, and just be glad I was fortunate enough to see it at all.