Ah, Lady and the Tramp. One of the most beautifully told (and brilliantly animated) love stories of all. The characters, while dogs, are as real as any humans. It’s a simple yet poignant original tale with a cast of wonderful characters and terrific music. It’s tough not to love Lady & the Tramp, another true Disney classic.

One of my all-time favorite Disney movies, this one has all the charm and grace of a traditional Disney animated movie. The story is a very compelling one, with unforgetible characters and some of the best music ever composed. Kudos to Peggy Lee for her brilliant enthusiasm.

One Disney you don't want to skip out on.

Definitely one of Disney's greatest films. The characters are interesting, the music is delightful, the animation is great, and the story is charming. What more is there to say?
Definitely one I'd recommend to anyone. This film is great for anyone.

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This film is a true masterpiece, even after 50 years. The story, the animation, the music and magic: Lady and the Tramp has it all.

Everyone should see it, if you haven't already seen it.

I can't think of anything else to say about this. One of the best animated films ever.

A Disney classic from the peak of their 1950's golden age, 'Lady and the Tramp' narrowly misses out on 4 stars from me, not because there's anything wrong with it, but only because there are still some other movies around I like more - and what would I give them?

This was also the start of Disney's 'talking animal' period, which lasted almost uninterrupted for nearly 35 years, until 'The Little Mermaid'.

The animation is beautifully done. Especially impressive is the brilliant intergration of completely realistic canine body movement with anthropomorphism. Of course all animated animals are a mixture of realism and anthropomorphism to some degree, but in Lady and the Tramp, the characters manage to be very realistic and very cartoony at the same time - sometimes more one than the other, as in the famous spaghetti scene, but the two are always kept in careful balance.

There are a few, only a few weak spots: the story is just a little fluffy for my tastes, and the end does seem a little rushed: Tramp is simply intergrated into the upper middle class household and he has no problems with this? Well, at least his son does, 45 years later. But you have to remember the movie was made in 1955, and it's difficult to be too hard on it for its soft focus. It's also a large part of its charm.

The music is well above average (I don't know if it's just me, but it only seems to be in the last couple of decades that Disney have started writing instantly forgettable songs.)
Significantly, the songs are carefully integrated into the narrative flow of the story, so that instead of characters going into a song and dance routine, or, alternatively, having everything suspended for several minutes while a number is played over the top of proceedings, most of the songs seem to be a free-flowing extension of the characters' actions, such that you don't get that "uh-oh, here comes a song" feeling. Also, there are a pleasingly modest number of songs overall.

The story is very well paced the voice characterisations all excellant, even if a few of them them stereotyped now. The movie also still has a quite modern look to it, considering its age. There are just glimpses of Disney's earlier character design style, usually in Lady's facial expressions, but they are fleeting. For the most part, visually, the movie could have been made any time up through the 80's - though the soundtrack does have an old-style Disney feel to it.

It must have been amazing fifty years ago. Even today, it's impressive and charming.

footnote: a sad coincidence: I watched this movie for the first time in years, a couple of days before Frank Thomas, the guy who animated the 'spaghetti scene', and who appears in the bonus interviews, passed away.

An excellent movie. Hands down my third favorite Disney movie of all time, surpassed only by Bambi and The Fox and the Hound respectively. The animation is dazzling, possibly Disney's finest during the Silver Age. The backgrounds are exquisitely drawn, and the character animation is vibrant and brilliant. The songs aren't over the top like in the modern Disney movies nor melodic and colorful like in many of their classics, yet who can deny the appeal of the famous song Bella Notte? At any rate, it gives one the feeling that when this movie was made, the creators knew that music wasn't important to telling a great story. Instead of risking alienating the audience with song after song that might come without purpose or at inopportune times, Lady and the Tramp gives you just a few songs that are laid back and reserved and one famous central song. The charm of this movie comes from deep within, from something much more important than songs. The characters are wonderful, dynamic, and cliche free. Lady is probably Disney's best female lead character. She is prim and proper yet still strong and emotional. The other characters are also great. They stand on their own and there's not a stereotypical sidekick in sight. And of course Tramp provides the love interest. In fact it is my belief that the relationship between Lady and Tramp makes the single best love story Disney's ever done because it is realistic and strongly crafted, unlike many of the other Disney movies where a perfect princess or some other female character falls in love with some perfect prince or some hero type. In Lady and the Tramp, their relationship unfolds like a real one does, with ups and downs. This couldn't be done in any other Disney movie, with their need for extravagant, formula driven stories and characters.

However what makes this movie so fabulous to me is indescribable. It's those tiny little things that you either feel or you don't. It's the feel that a wonderful masterpiece the likes of which Disney will never create again. Is it the wonderful, almost childlike charm of Lady herself or the emotional tale of her trials and curiosities? Is it the fact that something so simple like the Christmas-y opening song or Darling's lullaby to her baby gets me emotional? Is it because the famous Bella Notte scene still gets to me and reminds me what real romance should be like? Whatever it is, it's quite clear that the greatness of this movie can't be described in terms of music or characters or formula. It still continues to win my heart even to this day. And I'm quite sure that if you somehow haven't seen this great classic that it'll win your heart too.