La petite maison

This is a simple tale of a kind of endurance, a commitment to simplicity. A little house in the country has all that stereotypical charm. Newlyweds move in, raise a herd of brats (sorry, that's how they are portrayed), and then the house waits for new clients. In time, the march of time brings progress and urban sprawl, and soon this house is beset by monstrous building and people with little sensitivity. This a story that's been done lots of times, but it works quite well and makes one feel good.

THE LITTLE HOUSE sits on a little hill, way out in the country. Even though filled with a loving family, she can't help but notice the relentless approach of the big city coming ever closer to her...

This cartoon is a charming adaptation of Virginia Lee Burton's 1942 Caldecott Medal winner. For the few minutes of its duration, the viewer feels deep interest in, and sympathy for, the little house - a tribute to the skill of the Disney artists in giving life to an inanimate object. The film benefits greatly from the expressive narration of Sterling Holloway.

This was a sweet little tale of sticking to what you believe in despite expiriencing setbacks. An ode to simplicity when some people hail progress for progress' sake told with the usual colourful Disney animation and the animators' admirable artistic skills bringing the little house to life and making the city seem massive and dangerous in contrast to the countryside being calm and peaceful.

This is a little story about a house. It's very small and is made fun of by the fancier and larger houses. However, as the years pass, times change and homes come and go. What will happen with the little house? And, more importantly, does anyone care?

Sterling Holloway narrates this extremely sentimental cartoon. It's the sort of thing adults would probably enjoy and kids would find very tedious. While I am an adult, I also found this one a bit too sentimental and lacked the fun I expect in a cartoon. You see it and be the judge. It's well made....but not fun to me and my taste. If you want to see it, it's available on the "Disney Rarities" DVD collection.

Sterling Holloway, the original voice of Winne the Pooh, narrates this nice little tale. It's a story of a little house who was happy in the country but got lonely at nights. The house wondered what it would be like to have neighbors around her - she soon finds out when the city grew around her. The little house then misses her solitary country life and wonders if she will ever find that peace again.

Ultimately it's a film about the problems that comes with progress/industrialization.

8/10.