Wordiezett So much average

ShangLuda Admirable film.

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Tayyab Torres Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

SlyGuy21 This movie is over 70 years old, and it has some of the best animation I've ever seen. Before "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?", there was this movie here. It's beautifully animated, colorful, funny, technically innovative, and informative all at the same time. This would be a feat almost unobtainable today, let alone over 70 years ago. The songs are fantastic, and the live-action sequences mixed with the animation are executed flawlessly. This movie is fun, plain and simple, there are no flaws I can think of. I suppose the way things are done in Mexico and South America differ greatly from this nowadays, but it's not the movie's fault that times change. Absolutely give this a watch, whether alone or with your kids, you won't be disappointed.

Anssi Vartiainen After Saludos Amigos, another short film collection was commissioned, because Disney had forgotten to say anything about Mexico. That's pretty much the reason for this film's existence, but it rises above that.For one, the segments are all much stronger than in Saludos Amigos. It's still mainly just an ad campaign for South America, but I like that they have a framing story where Donald is celebrating his birthday and gets a present from his South American friends. José is also back, and we get another new great character, Panchito Pistoles, a Mexican rooster. And yes, the name is kind of awful, but the character itself is a lot of fun.The first two segments, The Cold-Blooded Penguin and The Flying Gauchito, are both very good. The comedy is mostly silent and/or physical, the characters are sympathetic and the animation is very nice. There's also a piece about Aracuan Bird, one of the worst earworms in existence. You have been warned.The few following segments, Baía, Mexico: Pátzcuaro, Veracruz and Acapulco and You Belong To My Heart are merely more gallivanting around like in Saludos Amigos. They're fun to watch in their own way, the music is very nice, but they drag on for a bit too long and nothing much happens in them.Though at least we get the piñata scene and Las Posadas, which are some of my favourite short segments Disney has ever done. Great mood, great atmosphere, flawless animation and all around enjoyment.And then we have Donald's Surreal Reverie, which is probably the reason you should see this film. Think Pink Elephants on Parade, but much, much longer and ever crazier. I swear the animators were under some sort of influence, they had to be. It's a mind trip unlike anything Disney has ever produced. And yeah, it's a truckload of fun to watch, not gonna lie.The Three Caballeros is still not what I would call a good film. It is better than Saludos Amigos, if only because it's so weird that you cannot help but be intrigued by it. Definitely worth a watch, though, especially if you want to say you've seen them all.

Robert J. Maxwell A lot of things can be said about this movie, but no one can say it is dull. Disney's Donald Duck takes us on a scenic and musical tour of Latin America with episodes in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico. It begins in a lively tempo and speeds up until it explodes in fireworks at the end.It was a big and necessary hit for Disney at the time but, in a way, it's too bad the film couldn't have been released about 1968, when so many youngsters were doing acid and weed, because this is one trippy movie. It belongs right up there with "2001: A Space Odyssey." A live figure may begin to dance and sing through a cartoon village. Soon Donald Duck joins the dance. Then the lamp posts begin to sway rhythmically, and soon the buildings are bouncing up and down, and then the moon darts from side to side. The viewer may twitch a bit too, because some of the rhythm is very catchy. America gave the world jazz, and Latin America gave us the samba, the conga, the bossa nova, the tango, Carmen Miranda, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and the transplanted Manuel de Falla. And the piñata.It's a pageant of color and music. All but one of the tunes are converted from earlier Latin American songs and they're very catchy. Two made the Hit Parade, which was a big deal at the time -- "Baia", "Brazil", and "You Belong To My Heart." It's unsophisticated cornball resembling nothing real but you can't find the exit.President Roosevelt was all in favor of making a movie like this, for several reasons, none of them musical. He called it "the good neighbor policy." South American countries were a supply source for the Allies. We needed access to airfield like Recife in Brazil to shorten the hop to Europe. And few of us found is a sound idea to encourage the pro-Nazi population of countries like Paraguay and Argentina.See it -- and have yourself an extended myoclonic spasm.

Robert Reynolds This is the seventh animated feature done by Walt Disney Animation Studio. There will be spoilers ahead:This film had its genesis from the success of Saludos Amigos, the film which came out of Walt Disney's decision to accept the US Department of State's request to go on a goodwill tour of South America. Disney saw it as a smart move from a business standpoint and the success of Amigos proved him right. From that success, The Three Caballeros was made.The structure of Caballeros is is a mix of live action and animation done in segments like Fantasia. It's episodic in nature within a framing sequence. It's Donald Duck's birthday and he receives several presents. A projector showing a documentary on birds leads things off. The appearances by the Aracaun Bird are enjoyable and make the film for me.Donald's friend Jose Carioca, a parrot from Brazil who first appeared in Saludos Amigos. He gives Donald a book through which they travel to Bahia, in Brazil. Donald falls in love there with a woman played by Carmen Miranda's sister Aurora.The third present is a rooster named Panchito, from Mexico, followed by a fourth present, a piñata. Panchito takes the three of them through a tour of Mexico, where Donald falls in love repeatedly with pretty girls in Mexico, lots of beautiful music is heard and lovely scenery is beheld.There are also a couple of short animated segments, one about a penguin named Pablo, who dreams of living someplace warm. Narrated by Sterling Holloway, it tells of Pablo's determined efforts to travel to someplace warmer than the South Pole and the other about a little boy in Uruguay, Gauchito and his flying donkey, Burrito. Both cartoons are cute and charming.The film as a whole is very effective and the music is excellently incorporated into the film segments, particularly in sync with the animation.This film is available on DVD, solo and in combination with Saludos Amigos and is well worth finding. Recommended.