How ‘Ferdinand’ Brought an Authentic Spanish Bullring to the Big Screen. As he researched the sights and sounds of Spain, director Carlos Saldanha discovered he had more in common with the ...

Honoring Leaf's gentle "The Story of Ferdinand," about a Spanish bull who would rather smell the flowers than fight in the ring, the film incorporates the book's story arc, with stylistic nods to ...

"Ferdinand " is a first-rate animated tale adapted from the beloved 1936 children's book about a pacifist Spanish bull who just loves to sit around and sniff flowers.

Blue Sky finds the heart of Munro Leaf's beloved picture book, about a Spanish bull who refuses to fight, in this delightful CG toon. Of course, there’s a world of difference between a seven ...

The beloved children’s book “The Story of Ferdinand” by Munro Leaf, with illustrations by Robert Lawson, was published in 1936. But the simple, pacifist story about a bull who wou… ...

In “Ferdinand,” Kate McKinnon provides the voice of a “calming goat,” John Cena a bull and Gina Rodriguez, Gabriel Iglesias and Daveed Diggs a trio of hedgehogs.

ZWECKER: Both kids and adults can enjoy the humor — and the message — of animated telling of the bull who would rather not fight. Charming 'Ferdinand' takes the bullies by the horns - Chicago ...

This holiday season, there's all manner of conflict at your local movie theater — Jedis battling in the stars, Winston Churchill warring in Europe and Olympic athletes dueling on ice.

Destined to become a fearless fighting bull, the young pacifist and flower-loving calf, Ferdinand, summons up the courage to escape from a Spanish bull-training camp, to finally find himself on ...

Bull runs are going strong, ... Spain's Most Famous Bull Since Ferdinand Is Hardly a Shrinking Violet. ... The object of his attention is an 1,100-pound bull named Ratón, "Mouse" in Spanish.

Three and one-half stars. Rated PG. 106 minutes. Any picture book that a parent can read to kids in a few short minutes, no matter how delightful, requires fattening up to become a film. Sometimes ...