Phantom Tollbooth
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VHS Movie Reviews of Phantom Tollbooth
Movie Review: Not like I remembered
Summary: 2 Stars
I remember watching this as a kid, so after reading the book (which is great!) to our kids, we bought the video. It's different, scarier, than the book. It's got a few cute things in it that our girls enjoyed, but we all preferred the book.Movie Review: pass on a good thing when you find one!
Summary: 5 Stars
I remember this film from my childhood.My kids watched it with me in their childhood.I've just purchased a copy to introduce a new generation to a truly"good thing". Thank you Chuck Jones!Movie Review: A Great Teaching tool
Summary: 3 Stars
This movie has everlasting usefulness as a teaching tool for kids AND adults. It should be put on DVD and marketed vigorously. It teaches values, work ethic, appreciation and much much more
Francis McClintock in Arizona, USA
Movie Review: We Love It
Summary: 5 Stars
I've never read the book but we love the movie. I've always wanted to read the book but never found time, not much of a reader. I still intend to read it someday but until then this really is an enjoyable movie. I find unrealistic bloopers in movies about how people would really act in any give situation and I have always felt comfortable with the realisticness of this movie. Love it.Movie Review: A CHUCK JONES ANIMATION CELEBRATION! =-)
Summary: 5 Stars
What to say? Chuck Jones has created a real bona fide classic which ought to be shared by ALL age groups as well as cartoon fanatics like myself. (That is, whether or not you have kids in both the former and latter.)
Having first seen this at the age of 13, I must admit, I couldn't help feeling perplexed when I saw the first few minutes of the movie: bored, pessimistic little Milo making his way home from school, then finds a magical tollbooth popping up in his bedroom. Once he enters it, he finds out he's become a cartoon character, then wondering into an alternate cartoon universe with a crazy patrol officer constantly repeating the word "guilty" and little lethargic amoeba-like creatures called "doldrums". Since I was watching this on TV, so much of it freaked me out so bad I flipped to another channel. Now let's fast forward to the age of 26...
...and now I'm actually ENJOYING IT! Having been a lifelong Looney Toons fan myself, this movie IS a refreshing break from the usual fare of Bugs, Daffy, and Marvin the Martian. The unique style of animation as well as the psychedelic colors/Picasso-like backgrounds were BOTH timeless and way ahead of its time (especially since it was made in 1968). Besides, now that I've seen it in its entirety, it is pretty fun and enjoyable to watch as Milo embarks on a journey with Tock the Watchdog and the Humbug to rescue the princesses of rhyme and reason. Their disappearance has created nothing but confusion and despair over a magical land full of words, letters, and numbers coming to life.
The bottom line on the Phantom Tollbooth: if you want to see non-Looney Toons works of Chuck Jones and still enjoy classic children's TV/movies, like Captain Kangaroo, Electric Company,
Schoolhouse Rock, and Charlotte's Web, then THIS IS IT! :-)