Ferdinand's reviews
Media reviews
The Washington Post
"The film incorporates the book?s story arc, with stylistic nods to Robert Lawson?s drawings of Spanish scenes and people. But it also adds new incidents, characters and depth, with a contemporary wit that doesn?t coarsen the story ? or not much, anyway."
Variety
"In what?s been an underwhelming year for big-studio animation, it?s the best of the bunch: sincere, likable, surprisingly funny, and overall true to its source material."
Roger Ebert
"What is truly amazing about this film is how thoughtfully Ferdinand questions male gender expectations."
The Wrap
"If you can get through the excess of characters, and the requisite butt jokes, car chase and tween pop songs, the film does keep both the physical and the verbal comedy coming at a steady pace."
Empire
"Inoffensive fun, but unlike its paperback forbear, the cinematic 'Ferdinand' is unlikely to stand the test of time."
Entertainment Weekly
"Unfortunately, 'Ferdinand' buries the original story?s message under frenetic action scenes and grating sidekicks, turning a classic tale into just another flat animated comedy."
New York Times
"'Ferdinand', the new computer-animated adaptation from Carlos Saldanha (the 'Ice Age' movies), speaks to its own time in a different way, dutifully adhering to the template for contemporary children?s films while avoiding much personality or distinction."
The Hollywood Reporter
"Manages to squeak by with enough charming set-pieces and amusing sight gags to compensate for a stalling storyline."
El País
"Saldanha opposes a dramaturgy of the hysteria, where everyone's body-language steps from one extreme emotion to another without a continuity solution."
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote