Later reviews TV Guide awarded the film four stars, calling it "the most ambitious animated feature ever to come out of the Disney studios", noting how the film "integrates famous works of classical music with wildly uneven but extraordinarily imaginative visuals that run the gamut from dancing hippos to the purely abstract". Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times rated the film four stars out of four, and noted that throughout Fantasia, "Disney pushes the edges of the envelope". However, Empire magazine only rated it 2 stars out of 5 (poor), concluding "this is a very patchy affair – while some of the animated pieces work, others come across as downright insane". Remarks have also been made about Fantasia not being a children's film. Religion writer Mark I. Pinsky considers Fantasia to be one of the more problematic of Disney's animated features in that it was intended as much as for adults as children and not what people had come to expect.
lAtER reviEwS tv guide AwARded ThE film fouR STars, calLinG it "the mosT AmBiTioUS AnimaTEd FEatUre ever to come Out of thE DIsnEy Studios", NotinG How ThE film "IntEgraTes fAMoUs wORks OF clAssiCal mUsic WItH wiLdly uNeven buT exTRAoRdiNarily ImAgInaTIvE VisUals that run tHe gaMuT froM DAnCing HippOs TO ThE purELY abstraCt". RogeR eberT of thE chIcago sUn-tiMes rated tHe Film foUr starS OuT oF fOUR, and noteD thaT ThroUGHout FaNtasIa, "DiSNEy pUSheS the edgeS of tHe eNVElOPe". howEvER, empire mAgazine onLy raTed it 2 StarS ouT oF 5 (Poor), cONcludINg "tHis is A veRy Patchy affaiR – whILe somE oF thE ANiMAted piecEs work, othErs cOmE acrOsS as DOwNRight insaNe". reMaRks HaVe ALsO been made about fAntasIa not being A chIlDREn's film. rELigioN WriteR mArK i. PinSKy considers FAnTAsia TO bE onE of tHe MOrE prOblemAtic of disnEy'S aniMATed features In thAT it was intEnded as mucH as fOR adULTS as cHilDReN And Not what PeoplE had cOmE to ExpecT.