Todd Alcott is a must-read reviewer for anyone involved in making film. His crit of Inglorious Basterds (here, here, here and here - oh, and here) will easily cement this opinion as fact. So its particularly rewarding to see him adress the animated classic Bambi.And of course, the crit (which will be continued) is a must for animators, even his first, fairly brief installment.

None of this should work.  And yet, Bambi remains one of the most charming, most beguiling, most arresting movies ever made.

And what the heck, a quote from the Basterds review:

Movies are lies that tell the truth.  There is nothing real about them, and there is even less real about Inglourious Basterds than there is about most movies.