Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Sep 17, 2026 5/10

It’s as if the best ideas were already exhausted for the previous endeavors, leaving this one with the leftover, less iconic premises – allowing it to be more forgettable than its predecessors.

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David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Aug 4, 2025 2/4

Melody Time boasts seven segments centered around songs of a decidedly (and predominantly) lackluster nature...

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Carson Timar ButteredPopcorn Sep 16, 2023

While Melody Time still suffers from some of the natural limitations of its formula, the film has to be seen as one of the best Disney films of its era.

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Grant Watson Fiction Machine Jun 27, 2021 5/10

This is very far from a perfect film, but in fits and starts it still provides that old-school Walt Disney magic.

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Barbara Shulgasser Common Sense Media Jan 9, 2020 2/5

Peril, outdated cultural references in '40s Disney cartoon.

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Rachel Wagner rachelsreviews.net May 9, 2019 B+

It's sweet and well done so I enjoyed it.

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Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy Nov 6, 2009 7/10

A film much more entertaining than you'd expect, even if only two of its seven sequences individually reach classic status.

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Bosley Crowther New York Times Mar 25, 2006 3.5/5

Like healthy, imaginative children, those Disney boys are full of strange caprice. One minute they are doing something charming; the next minute they are slopping in the jam.

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Aug 18, 2005 2/5

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Steve Crum Kansas City Kansan Jan 3, 2005 4/5

Very colorful, very musical Disney animation near-classic.

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Keith Phipps AV Club May 30, 2001

A charming, imaginative anthology of cartoon shorts set to music by the likes of such '40s favorites as Roy Rogers and The Andrews Sisters.

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Wesley Lovell Cinema Sight Feb 14, 2001 3/4

“Melody Time” is comprised of seven featurettes set impressively to music with some very eclectic animation added.

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