The voices of Reynolds, Lynde, Gibson, and all the rest are perfectly cast, and the songs by the Sherman brothers are solid, although none of them became hits like those they wrote for such Disney movies as Mary Poppins.
89
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
The Hanna-Barbera animation is better than the studio’s usual bare-bones mediocrity, and the voice cast is superb.
Ultimately, Charlotte’s Web is too potent a tale of life and death, as first learned by observing life on a farm, to keep even this so-so effort from ringing true.
60
Chicago Reader
Chicago Reader
It preserves some of the form and language of White's original but fattens and sweetens his lean and pungent prose with songs by Richard and Robert Sherman (Mary Poppins).
60
Time Out
Time Out
Innocuous animated fare (with songs) from Hanna-Barbera, based on EB White's fantasy.