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In the time of the Pilgrims, a scarecrow who comes to life as long as he wears a feather in his cap endeavors--with the help of an enchanted broomstick and a wisecracking mouse--to rescue a sweet, noble girl and three other orphans from an evil villain.

Not a bad cartoon from the directors of The Swan Princess(some spoilers)

I saw this a few years ago on Cartoon Network when I was a pre-teen kid back in 2005 and I had no idea what it was about so I decided to watch it. Now before I review this I want to say that this is a very underrated film. Copies of it are very hard to find and its not on DVD only on VHS in the States and not where I&#39;m from so there maybe an odd spoiler so here we go on to the review. The Scarecrow is a 1999 film that was released in 2000 and it is directed by Richard Rich and Brian Nissan(yeah these two were responsible for The Swan Princess which is one of my favorite non-Disney movie as a kid and still is)and starts off with an enchanted witch who tells the story of a young girl named Polly who is living in an orphanage with three children who wants a better life for herself and she collects money and leaves it near a scarecrow who she falls in love with, but magically the scarecrow comes to life by the enchanted witch who leaves and says I let you find out yourselves and so we begin the film. When the scarecrow does comes to life he falls in love with Polly as like I have mentioned,he minds Polly&#39;s money for her as she buries it near him by digging up a small little hole to put the money in. But when an evil ruthless man named Grisham (Ray Porter) (who is also in love with Polly) wants Polly&#39;s money,the scarecrow decides to give Polly back the money,but when he gets caught by one of the men who works in the orphanage where Polly is staying,the scarecrow does a runner and wishes to become human so the enchanted witch(who left a message to the scarecrow) gives him a magic feather and it transforms him into a human. But there is a catch you see as he has to wear this magic feather on his hat at all times otherwise he would turn back into a scarecrow again and he must not go near any mirrors because the human form is just an illusion so people would see him as a human,while he can see his real self in the reflection of the mirror. But problems arise however as Feathertop(that&#39;s what the scarecrow calls himself now)falls in love with Polly who also falls for his human form and he decides to help her get back the money again. So will he become human in the end,will Polly get her money back from the evil Grisham?. So what did I think of this movie,well to be honest I actually found it rather enjoyable and good. It does however steal a lot of the Disney formula,with the music and the animation even though this film is from Warner Bros Animation,and the whole happy ending,but hey this is from the same company that brought us The Swan Princess. So is there a lot of music? YES and I have to say that I love the song In Your Arms which is sung by the two would be lovers Feathertop(Scarecrow) and Polly as its a very romantic song,and I also like the song When She Looks At Me,which is very pretty and the guy singing as Feathertop is actually really good. The animation is OK,its similar to Anastasia,and the charcther design of Feathertop reminds me of Dimitri for some strange reason. Overall I would say check it out. Its not the best animated movie of all time but it is a very underrated film. Also keep an eye out for a enchanted broom and a mouse called Max(voiced by Cory Feldman),they steal the film. If I have to choose a few things that had me annoyed was the fact that the scarecrow and Polly were rushing into their relationship,as he wanted to marry her later on and also the dance sequence was so bad it was like a bee gee&#39;s/1970s disco fever feel to the scene. And there is one error where the scarecrow&#39;s reflection never shows up on the dance floor,while he was dancing with Polly. Anyway I give it a 7/10.

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