Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

SincereFinest disgusting, overrated, pointless

Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) "Really Rosie" is an American animated short film from 1975, so this one is already over 40 years old. It runs for a bit under half an hour and is one of the rare occasions where prolific children's literature author Maurice Sendak (Where the Wild Things Are) also directed his own material. The outcome is decent and Sendak also has a minor voice acting part in here. The 1970s sure weren't a revelation in animation really and neither is this one here, but looks-wise it is sub-par too I guess. The highlight, however, is the singing by Emmy nominee Carole King, who voices the title character. As a whole I would say this was a fairly pointless movie, but still fun at times. The songs are really catchy from start to finish and the characters are somewhat interesting overall. To really appreciate it, however, you probably must have come across this one as a child and really have some memories linked to it. It's a close call, but I give it a cautious thumbs-up. Worth checking out if you like old animation.

ejamc I had a copy of this video when I was a kid and used to watch it all the time! It was my first exposure to the awesomeness that is Carole King, and further proof of the awesomeness of the late great Maurice Sendak! I highly recommend this movie to both kids and adults, both for the educational and musical value it has! Screaming and Yelling may seem superfluous, but it's not terrible, Carole still does a great job, as usual! Also, fun fact, her two daughters were back up singers on the album! I've heard that she's lost her talent in recent years, but I don't want to know about it, because I want to think of her as I've heard her, perfect and pure!

Buddha_in_hell1 I was introduced to this cartoon when I was 5 in school. I always thought Rosie was an old bag lady! Hah!Rosie always seemed like the perfect "babysitter" for the kids. Her way of teaching them the alphabet was used by my school in a performance for the principal. I do remember being creeped out by Pierre and Chicken Soup. The idea of a kid dying was really upsetting for a five year old. Even though it was just storytelling, I can't help thinking there was a better way to present this in a children's movie.Otherwise, I loved this movie. The songs really stuck with me and to this day I can sing them almost verbatim. My partner thinks I'm crazy, but I don't care. Gave this a 7, only because I found out that there are actually other songs that weren't included. Bummer.

penny-119 SOOO many memories. This is actually "before my time" since I'm a child of the 80's, but my mother got me the record, and singing Alligators all around (and Pierre, and Chicken Soup and Rice, and One was Johnny, and pretty much everything on this album!) was all part of my childhood experience. I stumbled across the CD on amazon.com, and started talking about it to my boyfriend, who surprised me with the CD. LOVED IT! Cant wait to share it with my own kids one day. If this is a lovely reminder of your childhood, as it is for mine, I would definitely recommend picking up a copy of the CD--after all, you're in it for the songs, not the images (although those don't hurt, and I suppose brainwashing the next generation to really appreciate Really Rosie may require some visual stimuli).