As Aventuras do Coelho Brer

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.)

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.

Having a copy of "Song of the South" which this is the politically correct replacement for, I was truly disappointed with this. "Song of the South" is not that great a movie by todays technical standards, but in its day it was revolutionary in the merging of animation and real actors. The Adventures of Brer Rabbit is nothing but modern politically correct trash. The Adventures of Brer Rabbit, which some people may find offensive to their own spiritual belief systems today, lacks any basis in the folk tales of a group of Americans that was part of our heritage. Those folk tales were the story of Brer Rabbit, not this politically correct enhanced trash.

That story (Song of the South) is a part of our history, for better or worse. Slavery, as well as the way the Black actors of Song of the South were treated in Atlanta at the time of Oscar Awards was terrible beyond belief. Anyone today who believes singing happy slaves were a way of life in the old south is an idiot. But America is not the only nation with a history of slavery. Most nations of the world have that practice in their history, some still do today. Stop beating ourselves up over it, and pretending it never existed.

The history of the native American people is an even greater horror story. Some of it caused intentionally by Europeon immigrants to the Americas. Some of it just twists of fate that befell them in the collision of 2 cultures. But what a horror story that is.

Films weren't always based in total reality back when Song of the South was made, neither are they today. But the rewriting of our historical make believe films smacks of another film/story "1984".

Don't tease the people with this stuff, re-release the original movie where Brer Rabbit was made a star "Song of the South".

Growing up in Atlanta down the street from "The Wrens Nest", the birthplace of Brer Rabbit, and his wonderful friends, as a child I read all of the Uncle Remus stories, and knew them well. The only variance from the original stories, is the substitution of Brer Turtle for Uncle Remus. Otherwise they are great morality tales mixed with a lot of fun, and quite authentic including the tar baby, the laughing place, and the proverbial briar patch. It's thoroughly enjoyable, and I would recommend this to anyone young or old!

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.