WaltDisneyAnimation Studios has beendelightingaudiences since 1937 , whenSnow White and the Seven Dwarfswas first released . Since then , they ’ve taken us on journeys far and all-embracing , from taradiddle of lovestruck mermaid ( 1989’sThe Little Mermaid ) , to Grecian mythology retellings ( 1997’sHercules ) , to tiptop - powered family dramatic play ( 2021’sEncanto ) . In thewordsof Walt Disney himself , “ brio can explain whatever the mind of humanity can believe . ”
Still , some of Disney ’s animated feature article have perform better than others with critic and fans . To compare the response of Disney movies throughout the decennary , Rotten Tomatoes has compiled alistof each of the studio ’s stagily - released , fully - animated , lineament - distance plastic film . The titles are range according to their grievance on the ( admittedlycontroversial ) Tomatometer .
Movies aresortedinto three family : attest Fresh , saucy , and Rotten . For a movie to be considered sweet , at least 60 per centum of its reviews have to be incontrovertible . To be Certified Fresh , the Tomatometer has to be at least 75 per centum , and the movie has to have at least five review from so - call top critics . These factors explain why some film with 100 per centum rating — likeThe Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh(1977)—rank below cinema that technically have a low percentage of confident reviews .
Critics do n’t necessarily reflect how much the general populace enjoyed a moving-picture show , however . That ’s why Rotten Tomatoes also features the Popcornmeter , which table average drug user reappraisal . Some of the most divisive Disney animate features arePinocchio(1940 ) , which takes the No.1 spot with a 100 pct critic rating and 73 percent interview rating , andWish(2023 ) , which has a 48 percent critic score and an 80 percentage audience score .
These moving-picture show — and the Disney marque more loosely , including the iconictheme parks — have , in many ways , become symbolic of American culture . According toBethanee Bemis , a specialist at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History , Disney has come to “ define what constitutes the American experience . ” It earn sense , given that one 2016studyfound only 4 per centum of American girls and 13 percent of American boys had never consumed Disney princess media . And those bit are almost certainly even down in the mouth when include non - Princess film , likeZootopia(2016 ) andThe Lion King(1994 ) . For many people , Disney animation is synonymous with nostalgia .
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