Anastasia Reviews
Top CriticAn ambitious, serious but not particularly stimulating musical feature that unconvincingly attempts to graft warm and cuddly family-film motifs onto turbulent aspects of modern history and mythology.
SPLICEDWire
Having something for everyone seems to be a driving force for this film.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Judging from their voices, about as close to Europe as most of these characters have ever gotten is probably Fresno.
Film Blather
Basically reduces the Russian Revolution to a big kaboodle of cuteness, which may give kids the wrong impression of what actually happened.
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| Original Score: C-
Laramie Movie Scope
While the movie is visually stunning, the characterizations and music are a bit weak.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Unfortunately, in the company of such cinematic royalty as "The Little Mermaid," "Pocahontas" and "The Lion King," "Anastasia," like the real-life woman who inspired it, seems like a pretender rather than a contender.
Nashville Scene
Frankly, even with the extra money, Bluth's team doesn't have the pizzazz of Disney.
A promising launch for Fox's new animation studio, which has declared war on Disney.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
The whole process of watching Anastasia is a thoroughly enjoyable one, and it proves that any studio willing to put forth the time, money, and effort can match Disney.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Common Sense Media
Beautiful, not factual depiction of missing Russian duchess.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Antagony & Ecstasy
It's Bluth and company's skill as artists, as well as some of the better celebrity voice casting in an animated movie of the 1990s, that give Anastasia its merit.
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| Original Score: 7/10
Empire Magazine
A charming little movie, nothing to write home about but a perfectly acceptable way to while away a rainy Sunday afternoon with the child, or children, in your life.
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| Original Score: 3/5
DVDTalk.com
I have nothing but superlatives for this, a most phenomenal film.
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| Original Score: 5/5
Filmcritic.com
I'm not sure there was this much singing in Mother Russia, but the film isn't overly wretched.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Bluth has rediscovered the ingredients of quality mainstream animation...
Flick Filosopher
It's an enjoyable 90 minutes, but it never approaches the so-beautiful-you-have-to-cry sequences that have become Disney's trademark...
Spirituality and Practice
This entertaining animated feature is a dream-catcher, tapping into the universal yearning for home and love.
