For all its state-of-the-art animation techniques, Spielberg's production remains resolutely conservative: visually it's virtually indistinguishable from Walt at his wimpiest.
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06/24/06
An American Tail (1986)
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Reviews Counted:24
Fresh:15
Rotten:9
Average Rating:6.2/10
Runtime: 81 mins
Genre: Childrens
Synopsis: In Don Bluth's animated fable AN AMERICAN TAIL, when a mouse family leaves Russia and emigrates to America, they believe the New World is a land without cats. The film, a heartfelt homage to the... [More]
Starring: Phillip Glasser, Madeline Kahn, Nehemiah Persoff, Christopher Plummer
Director: Don Bluth
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Reviews for An American Tail
It may be that the truly American tale here is the spectacle of an artist squandering his awesome gifts on the way to becoming a Hollywood institution.
01/01/00
Top CriticIts sappiness is unmissably sincere, and such aching, embarrassing sincerity is never an evil thing in a movie.
11/24/09
Witless if well-meaning.
08/30/04
Top Critiche movie has such vague ethnic grounds, however, that only a few children will understand or care that the Mousekewitzes are Jewish. And few of those are likely to be entertained by such a tragic, gloomy story.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe overall quality of the animation -- baroquely executed if rather conventionally conceived -- makes it worth a look
09/10/08
Top CriticA bright-eyed tale of Jewish triumphs that will find a place in many young hearts.
01/01/00
Top CriticLike other Spielberg-produced movies, this one pays homage to old movie traditions (live-action Westerns) and icons, but the film has been made mechanically, without any conviction or feeling.
02/18/06
There's nothing particularly special about An American Tail, save for Bluth's slick animation.
09/10/08
Cartoons with ambitions even this noble are as rare as Steven Spielberg films that lose money, but every character and every situation presented herein have been seen a thousand times before.
09/10/08
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12/31/04
The story is moving, and the animation includes some powerful images, although some of the early scenes depicting the suffering of the mice in Russia may be too frightening for younger viewers.
09/10/08
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02/27/01
Ethnic mice plus fascist cats in groundbreaking animation.
11/01/04
Can't resist any film with singing mice. Truly Bluth's best film.
12/18/04
No Mickey, but a nice mouse.
12/19/03
A light and charming little animated adventure.
08/12/02
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03/27/04
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09/02/03
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