8/20/17:

My hat is off to Diogenes, for that most eloquent review! I could not have said it better!

I first saw this movie at Drive-in, with my family in the early 1970s! at the time I didn't know it had already reached the status of classic! and years later I watched it again on VHS, and didn't realize then that it was Bobby that played Johnny, I still to this day remember most of the songs from the movie, especially the ones Uncle Remus sung! I think, because of it's Racial classification, it's very hard to obtain a copy today, I did find it on YouTube once and watched, then went back a few months later to see it again, and it had been deleted, because a violation of User agreement

I think Uncle Remus was singing because of his joy of being free! It's factual, everything is satisfactual!!

My Movie Rating: 10 / 10

Disney is good at certain things, and terrible at others. "Song of the South" exhibits Disney at its very best. The blending of live action with animation is done thrillingly well, and the signature song is gloriously memorable. Johnny (Bobby Driscoll) is upset by his parents' temporary separation, particularly as his mother insists on dressing him up as Little Lord Fauntleroy (thus proving without a shadow of a doubt that Boys Need Fathers). Fortunately, Uncle Remus is on hand with his tales of Brer Rabbit, to help Johnny face his problems in a more intelligent way. Personally, I rather liked the Favor brothers, particularly the tall freckled brother, Joe (played by Gene Holland). There is a touch of Huck Finn in the fact that the brothers go around barefoot. True, they like drowning puppies, but then everyone needs a hobby. Ignore the Politically Correct fools who think there's anything wrong with this movie. We all know the kind of people: the kind who, already determined to see this as racist, will stare and stare at it, and then STARE HARDER, until they 'see' the racism they so desperately wish to find. In fact, Uncle Remus is a superb character, a gentle and wise old man, to whom kids will readily relate. And unlike the PC brigade, kids won't think about his colour when they warm to him; they'll just like him for who he is. And why shouldn't they? The idea that a negro in the American South should always be portrayed as miserable is tantamount to saying that people should be defined by their colour. The narrative unfolds on a POST-bellum plantation, and Uncle Remus is a man who was once a slave but is now free, so why the heck shouldn't he be happy? Finally, in a very moving scene at the end of the film, Johnny, who is lying in bed having been seriously injured, reaches out as he recovers consciousness to hold Remus' hand. The scene makes clear that it is precisely his relationship with Remus which has enabled his recovery, and in doing so affirms the value of a sociability between adults and children that pays no regard whatever to racial distinctions. The movie thus constitutes a very powerful statement against racial Segregation, at a time when Segregation was very much a reality in the South. Only a snivilisation as morally corrupt as our own could find this movie objectionable.

My Movie Rating: 9 / 10

A beloved classic! Bobby Driscoll was great as Johnny!

My Movie Rating: 10 / 10