Saludos Amigos is the first of two things. During the 1940's, with the war starting up, Disney lost a lot of it's European market. This caused the production of fully animated features to slow down, and instead a series of quickly made package films were created. Saludos Amigos is the first of such features, and is also the first of two Latin American films made.
Being the first, it's actually far from being the best. A lot of this film feels like a bunch of random Latin American themed shorts being put together with a loose filler to tie them together. It's a very slow paced film, or so it feels to me.
The only two things I really want to point out as highlights for this film are two things. First is the introduction of the character Jose Carioca who first appeared in this film, and would return in 3 Caballeros. The second highlight of this film is the Aquarela Do Brasil short, which by far is the most interesting of the piece in the visual presentation we are given.
While Donald Duck and Goofy do make appearances in this film, it's nothing we haven't really seen before for either of them and it doesn't feel like them being at their best.
Sadly this film earns a 2/5
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