8 Disney Movies That Only Make Sense When You’re an Adult
Fairy tales, plot holes, and life lessons you missed as a kid.
At first glance, Disney’s animated classics seem charmingly straightforward: fairy tales spun with music, magic, and morally unambiguous heroes. But revisit them as an adult, and something curious happens. Beneath the cheerful songs and pastel palettes lie themes that are — if not sinister — then certainly more complex than they appeared at age seven.
From princesses who surrender their agency for the promise of love, to woodland lodgings shared with seven industrious strangers, the plots we once accepted without question begin to reveal their cracks, quirks and, occasionally, quiet brilliance. These are the moments where childhood fantasy meets adult perspective — and the result is not always a happy ending.
