Walt Disney has for so long parlayed gooey sentiment and stark horror into profitable cartoons that most moviegoers are apt to be more surprised than disappointed to discover that the combination somehow does not work this time.
- , TIME Magazine, September 01, 2008
A charming piece of vintage entertainment from Walt Disney, replete with wholesome family values.
- Daniel Etherington, Film4, September 01, 2008
The wider canvas and extra detail work reportedly meant an additional 30% in negative cost. It was a sound investment.
- Variety Staff, Variety, June 02, 2008
Disney's imagination seems at a low ebb, saddled with a shrunken, excessively naturalistic style in line with the diminished possibilities of postwar animation, and not yet graced by the inspiration that would redeem that style in Sleeping Beauty.
- Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader, February 09, 2007
Happily the cameo lowlife, an excellent manic beaver, the famously villainous Siamese, and classic songs rescue the film from dumb animal sentiment.
- Geoff Andrew, Time Out, June 24, 2006
The sentimentality is mighty, and the use of the CinemaScope size does not make for any less awareness of the thickness of the goo.
- Bosley Crowther, New York Times, March 25, 2006
With cracking music, a rollicking pace and dialogue that stands up to scrutiny, Lady and the Tramp really is among Walt's very best.
- Philip Thomas, Empire Magazine, January 01, 2000
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