Once Upon a Forest

Once Upon a Forest is an animated family adventure from 1993. In a woodland community, a badger named Cornelius teaches a small class of young animals. When a truck carrying chemical waste crashes on a nearby road, toxic fumes spread toward their home and Cornelius's young daughter Michelle is badly poisoned. Three of her classmates, the mouse Abigail, the mole Edgar and the hedgehog Russell, set out beyond the forest to find the medicinal herb that can save her, with only limited time to return.

The film was directed by Charles Grosvenor and written by Kelly Ward and Mark Young, and it was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions with HTV Cymru Wales. Grosvenor's first feature, it came before a long run of films in The Land Before Time series. The voice cast includes Michael Crawford as Cornelius, Ben Vereen as Phineas, Ellen Blain, Benji Gregory and Paige Gosney as the three young travellers, and Elisabeth Moss as Michelle.

Released in June 1993 and running a little over an hour, the film had a budget of around 13 million dollars and took roughly 7 million dollars worldwide. On IMDb it holds 6.5 out of 10 from about 6,500 votes, and its TMDB rating is also 6.5, from a much smaller number of votes, while a film critics' rating stands lower at 4.9 out of 10 from 23 reviews.