The Adventures of Brer Rabbit

This is the only film adaptation of "The Tales of Uncle Remus" I have. Disney has not re-released "The Song of the South" on DVD due to controversy surrounding its content. But I have seen that movie online, and quite frankly, I love both films; I am not one to take sides.

This film is loosely based on Julius Lester's take on the stories, and it starts with a bored little girl named Janey. Then she met up with Brer Turtle, and he told her the stories of Brer Rabbit's madcap adventures. You know, in "Brer Rabbit Breaks Up the Party," it was kind of cruel that the other critters would not let Brer Rabbit join the party, but he is lucky to have a friend like Brer Turtle. So anyway, I love this film.

The film features many of today's notable Black entertainers. My girls (4 & 7 y.o.) are loving it. It is a great way to keep these traditional stories alive. It is also a good way to teach children about contrasting mediums (film vs. writing). You may be also get them to read the stories in various editions. The songs are great! They too are part of the Black cultural traditions. The film does a good job of presenting both sides of morality, that someone can do good and bad things. I am thoroughly enjoying myself watching the film with my children. It retells the stories I know plus many I don't. Great for the whole family.

I just watched this movie with my kids. We all loved it. They've seen the original Song of the South and we all love that as well. I miss the mixture of live action with animation that was in the first one. I especially missed the original music but, the music in "Adventures" was very good. The animation in this movie was excellent and I thought all the characters were well played, especially Brer Rabbit. No doubt the Uncle Remus character was replaced by Brer Turtle. So, in some ways it was better than the original and in others it wasn't. We'll watch it again! We're hopeful that one day Disney will pay tribute to another great example of how African Americans have helped define American culture!

This ripoff of Song of the South is OK. My twin sister (mentioned in the Box Office Bunny review) likes this movie than Song of the South though it does not include "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" because that song is from Song of the South. The Adventures of Brer Rabbit has the characters look different than their Song of the South appearance. In Song of the South, Br'er Frog only appears in The Tar Baby scene and the famous finale. In this ripoff, he appears In How Br'er Rabbit Breaks Up the Party. How Br'er Rabbit Breaks Up the Party is a theory to De-Wuller-De-Wust and Br'er Rabbit Rides the Fox, 2 deleted scenes from Song of the South.

While this movie may not be the same as Disney's classic "Song Of The South", this direct-to-video film from Universal Studios is a beautifully animated, clean, wholesome, entertaining family film. This movie is filled with very memorable characters, plenty of adventure, a lot of captivating stories, great moral lessons, and superb animation. This film also has a lot of clean humor without any of the sexual innuendo, lame puns, or gross-out humor that's found in many animated T.V. shows and films nowadays. Even though this film is aimed at small children, you can enjoy this movie whether you're 4 or 40, and it's great for the whole family to watch together (or by yourself). On a scale of 1 to 10, I give this film a 10 all the way! You will not be disappointed. (Hopefully Universal will decide to make a whole series of movies.)