 The film was a tremendous critical success , with many reviewers hailing it as a genuine work of art , recommended for both children and adults . Although film histories often state that the animation of the human characters was criticized , more recent scholarship finds that most reviewers praised the realistic style of the human animation , with several stating that audiences will forget that they are watching animated humans rather than real ones . At the 11th Academy Awards , the film won an Academy Honorary Award for Walt Disney " as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field " . Disney received a full @-@ size Oscar statuette and seven miniature ones , presented to him by 10 @-@ year @-@ old child actress Shirley Temple . The film was also nominated for Best Musical Score . " Some Day My Prince Will Come " has become a jazz standard that has been performed by numerous artists , including Buddy Rich , Lee Wiley , Oscar Peterson , Frank Churchill , and Oliver Jones . Albums by Miles Davis , by Wynton Kelly , and Alexis Cole . 
