Ferdinand the Bull

Ferdinand the Bull

Ferdinand only wants to stop and smell the flowers.

Directed by Dick Rickard

Produced by Walt Disney Productions

19388 min6.7 / 10

A charming, whimsical animated fable celebrating gentleness and nonconformity, wrapped in warmth and visual delight.

This Oscar-winning short tells of a bull who preferred to sit under trees and smell flowers to clashing horns with his fellow animals. As luck would have it, an untimely bee reveals Ferdinand's ferocious side via pained howls and wild stomping. This lands him in the bull-fighting arena amidst characters based on Walt's animators with a matador reportedly modeled after Walt himself.

Questions people ask

  • Does Ferdinand the Bull end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 99% of films.

  • Is Ferdinand the Bull easy watching? Yes, very. More comforting than 98% of films.

  • Is Ferdinand the Bull sad? Barely. Less sad than 89% of films.

  • Is Ferdinand the Bull scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is Ferdinand the Bull violent? Not especially. Less violent than 62% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Rarity29

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Surprise43

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Love55

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