Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

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For Disney fans, the film’s insider access and easygoing themes will make it an enjoyable watch. For Disney skeptics, I suspect the overtly positive Disney-centered, Disney-made, Disney-streamed documentary can, at times, act as the perfect validation of one’s skepticism.

Film Threat by Alan Ng

It’s a fitting tribute to Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse and makes you long for a time when storytelling was someone just telling a story.

TheWrap by Fran Hoepfner

Malmberg’s documentary is quick to gloss over rough patches in both Mickey and Disney’s shared histories.

The New York Times by Nicolas Rapold

It’s boosterish and jam-packed, like many pop-culture documentaries (not just ones produced by Disney about Disney).

Movie Nation by Roger Moore

It’s still an eye-opener, especially for the casual fan who hasn’t devoured all the many books on Early Disney as a subject and Mickey as a character, a corporate brand and a cultural touchstone.

Collider by Ross Bonaime

For all its faults, Mickey: The Story of a Mouse is at times a charming look at one of the biggest icons of our time, and while this story has been told many times before, it’s never been told with the sort of scope and frankness about how Disney has maybe failed with their mascot.