▁enough ▁of ▁White ’ s ▁elegant ▁pro se ▁in ▁the ▁dialog ue ▁and ▁narr ation ▁to ▁keep ▁the ▁film ▁from ▁being ▁simply ▁a ▁pain fully ▁well - int ended ▁experiment ." ▁Christopher ▁Null ▁of ▁Film crit ic . com ▁stated ▁that ▁the ▁animation ▁is ▁sometimes ▁" down right ▁bad ", ▁but ▁that ▁White ' s ▁classic ▁f able ▁needs ▁little ▁to ▁make ▁it ▁come ▁to ▁life . ▁TV ▁Guide ▁review ed ▁the ▁film ▁with ▁generally ▁positive ▁remarks , ▁stating ▁that ▁" The ▁voices ▁of ▁Reyn olds , ▁Ly nde , ▁Gib son , ▁and ▁all ▁the ▁rest ▁are ▁perfectly ▁cast , ▁and ▁the ▁songs ▁by ▁the ▁Sh erman ▁brothers ▁are ▁solid , ▁although ▁none ▁of ▁them ▁became ▁hits ▁like ▁those ▁they ▁wrote ▁for ▁such ▁Disney ▁mov ies ▁as ▁M ARY ▁P OP P IN S ." ▁When ▁it ▁was ▁re iss ued ▁on ▁DVD ▁it ▁was ▁awarded ▁an ▁O ppen heim ▁Toy ▁Port folio ▁Gold ▁Award . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁is ▁recognized ▁by ▁American ▁Film ▁Institute ▁in ▁these ▁lists : ▁▁ 2 0 0 8 : ▁A FI ' s ▁ 1 0 ▁Top ▁ 1 0 : ▁ ▁N omin ated ▁An imation ▁Film ▁ ▁E . B . ▁White ' s ▁reaction ▁Despite ▁assist ing ▁in ▁helping ▁keep ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁story , ▁White ▁was ▁still ▁very ▁dis ple ased ▁with ▁the ▁adaptation . ▁According ▁to ▁Gene ▁De itch , ▁White ▁wrote ▁the ▁following ▁words ▁in ▁a ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁letter , ▁" We ▁have ▁never ▁ceased ▁to ▁regret