"John Henry" is a 10-minute animated short film by Disney from 15 years ago. The director is Mark Henn, who worked on many Disney classics and still does today. This is his only directorial effort though. It is about a young, very muscular man who helps shaping the path for the American railway after slavery was abolished. He even moves a mountain. In my opinion, this was not a great short film. The story was okay all in all for 10 minutes, but not for much longer. Henry runs into another obstacle, solves it. Another obstacle, solves it. And in-between, we keep hearing some mediocre singing, which is sometimes really rather shouting. The good thing i can say about this is that it was a brave movie to let the main character die in the end, but this is probably also only because that's how it was in the tale. Anyway, a tad too patriotic for my taste and even if it was probably intended to make look as old as the Oscar-nominated Paul Bunyon, I think this is just not enough for a 21st century movie. Not recommended.
Review of John Henry
