The Ugly Duckling (1939) Reviews & Ratings

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The Ugly Duckling reviews

The Ugly Duckling holds a 7.0/10 average from 193 TMDB ratings.

There is something really quite touching about this Disneyfication of the timeless Hans Christian Andersen story. We start with the expectant parents awaiting their fifth chick. It's born but clearly isn't the same as the others and it's promptly rejected. Abandoned to fend for itself, it tries to make friends but everything is new and unfamiliar. Then, fortune smiles and ... Andersen's fables always did have a vali…
— CinemaSerf (7/10)

An outcast duckling's search for a family to accept him leads to constant rejection before learning his true identity as a swan.

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