The Pied Piper

The Pied Piper

Directed by Wilfred Jackson

Produced by Walt Disney Productions

19338 min6.5 / 10

A whimsical yet darkly-tinged animated retelling of a classic fairy tale, balancing playful cartoon antics with the sinister consequences of betrayal and vengeance.

The people of Hamelin, overrun with rats, offer a bag of gold to anyone who can get rid of the rats. A piper offers to do the job, and successfully lures the rats into a mirage of cheese, which disappears. The citizens, disappointed that all he did was play a tune, offer only pocket change. The piper, angered, plays a new tune that has all the children of the city follow him, even the new twins the stork is preparing to deliver.

Questions people ask

  • Does The Pied Piper end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 78% of films.

  • Is The Pied Piper violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is The Pied Piper easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is The Pied Piper scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is The Pied Piper sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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.

Written about

69/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity95

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise72

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love45

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like The Pied Piper

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as The Pied Piper

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like The Pied Piper, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like The Pied Piper, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like The Pied Piper, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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