All 56 Walt Disney Animated Classics: Ranked From Worst To Best

41. Fantasia 2000 (2000)

It says quite a bit about belated sequel Fantasia 2000 that one of its most memorable sequence is Fantasia's The Sorceror's Apprentice (and not entirely for the right reasons). The film - pitched by Roy Disney - is far lighter in weight than the original, and shorter at 75 minutes, but it has a tendency to feel insubstantial and occasionally half-baked.

There are, inevitably, moments of great beauty, like the Firebird sequence and the excellent Rhapsody In Blue, which was initially intended to be its own short, but there is more filler than in the original and they tend to stick out a lot more. It's not particularly one that sticks in the memory, aside from for brief flashes, but the agenda to introduce younger audiences to classical music is once more not to be criticised.

40. The Rescuers (1977)

The Rescuers is a lovingly crafted tale, having taken four years to be made and comparatively massive amount of money, but it's just not as charming of some of its fellow Classics.

The problem with it is that it is a film that doesn't quite know what it's supposed to be. It is both classically traditional and has one step in contemporary animation and spirit that doesn't really sit comfortably with the old ways. The characters are delightfully cute, but Bob Newhart's Bernard is not a hero you can really get behind. He's just too bland, and the same goes for the songs and the villain, who feels derivative and under-nourished.

There are good ideas, but The Rescuers is the epitome of a beige Disney release.