Watch: Once Upon a Forest 1993 123movies, Full Movie Online – This animated wildlife film provides an environmental friendly message that humans are a malicious, careless breed. Three cherubic little animals have to rescue their friend who has been overcome by poisonous gas..
Plot: A young mouse, mole and hedgehog risk their lives to find a cure for their badger friend, who’s been poisoned by men.
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I LOVE this movie, though if anything I wish it was 5 minutes longer…
I personally think that Once Upon a Forest is an underrated gem. I mean this is one of the few animations that had me weeping buckets at the end, and I am a 17 year old schoolgirl. My only complaint is that at 68 minutes long, it is a little too short, but putting that discrepancy aside what you have is a beautiful, poignant film. The animation is stunning with beautiful backgrounds and excellent character animation, and I absolutely loved the songs by James Horner. Please Wake up, had me in tears,(the only other song in an animation that did that to me was Somewhere Out There from American Tail) and I know the vocals were a bit shaky but that can be forgiven as that is such an emotional song to sing, and it did say in the trivia that Michael Crawford found it very difficult not to be moved by the song. He’s Gone/He’s Back is an upbeat gospel song that provides the funniest moments in the film, and Once Upon a Time is so lovely with sublime vocals by Florence Warner Jones. The characters are a delight, particularly the wise Cornelius, and the three furling friends are very well done, with enthusiastic voice work from all involved. Both Ferngully and this were heavily criticised on release for being too preachy, but to me, both are wonderful overlooked films. Whereas Once Upon a Forest has slightly better songs(as I really liked the ones in FernGully) and better character development, one of FernGully’s main merits is the villain Hexxus who terrified me when I was 9, and Tim Curry is one of the gods of voice acing and made Hexxus as chilling as people remember him. Once Upon a Forest has a number of enemies portrayed, like the yellow dragons, the owl and the gas, and I must say they were very well done. In conclusion, a beautiful underrated movie, and my main advice to those who haven’t seen it, have a box of tissues beside you as this is bound to bing you tears. 9/10 Bethany Cox.
A flawed, but completely underrated children’s film from the 90s
After I grew up in the 90s, I watched some of my favorite childhood stuff (The Lion King, The Swan Princess, etc.), but I never heard of this film before although it did came out before I was born the following year. Years later, at elementary school, I watched it with some of my friends at class and I think it was pretty good. OK, it’s not as excellent as some of Disney’s great films, but I think this is completely underrated for a children’s film.Sure, there are some moments that could easily frighten younger kids and the fact that it could’ve been a little bit longer, but these two flaws are easily overcomed by it’s beautiful animation and some great characters. Abigail, Russell, Edgar, and Michelle are likable furlings and some of the minor characters are fine. Cornelius, however, is by far my favorite character thanks to Michael Crawford’s excellent voice work. In fact, the voice acting is pretty good for a non-Disney film released in the 90s. The musical songs aren’t the best, but they’re tolerable enough to listen to especially (Please Wake Up sung by Michael Crawford).
Overall, Once Upon A Forest may be flawed, but I think that this is completely underrated and I think people would give this a chance. Besides, I didn’t understand all the hatred it had on rottentomatoes.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 11 min (71 min)
Budget 13000000
Revenue 6582052
Status Released
Rated G
Genre Animation, Adventure, Drama
Director Charles Grosvenor
Writer Rae Lambert, Mark Young, Kelly Ward
Actors Michael Crawford, Ben Vereen, Ellen Blain
Country United Kingdom, United States, Taiwan, Spain, Canada, Denmark, Argentina, China
Awards 1 win & 1 nomination
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Sound Mix Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1 (negative ratio), 1.66 : 1 (negative ratio), 1.85 : 1 (intended ratio)
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Laboratory Consolidated Film Industries (CFI), Hollywood (CA), USA
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