Waking Sleeping Beauty

Movie Ranked #674 | 2009 - Documentary
The art of modern animation is brought to life by a perfect storm of art, business, and circumstance.
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Best two reviews:
1) The Onion (A.V. Club) - A surprisingly intimate behind-the-scenes documentary. (Rating: 91) Read Full Review >
2) Chicago Sun-Times - The most fascinating scenes in Waking Sleeping Beauty involve the infamous Disney work ethic. Friends of mine at the studio said the unofficial motto was, "If you didn't come in on Saturday, don't even bother to come in on Sunday." (Rating: 88) Read Full Review >

Worst two reviews:
13) Boxoffice Magazine - Don Hahn’s documentary is an animator’s attempt to invigorate what is otherwise a dry story. (Rating: 50) Read Full Review >
14) Variety - The documentary has but one revelatory insight -- that "The Lion King" can be read as an allegory of the territorial peeing match between big cats Michael Eisner, Roy Disney and, least flatteringly, Katzenberg. (Rating: 50) Read Full Review >
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