Anastasia Reviews
September 9, 2020
It's unable to reach the level of emotional resonance that Disney's string of '90s pictures so masterfully obtained.
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| Original Score: 6/10
May 10, 2020
As a triumphant return to form after a string of failures, it stands as one of Bluth's finest works.
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| Original Score: 8/10
April 19, 2019
Overall, Anastasia ends up being a very entertaining animated film.
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| Original Score: B
August 24, 2018
It is a film that leaves us with an optimistic, albeit somewhat corny, message; love is the most important thing there is, be it familial, romantic or platonic...
January 9, 2018
The film's strength lies not just with its haunting melodies, pretty pictures and kid-friendly sidekicks, but in an emotionally gripping script.
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| Original Score: 3/4
January 5, 2018
Anastasia is OK entertainment. But it never reaches a level of emotional magic.
September 7, 2011
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| Original Score: B-
January 22, 2011
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
December 21, 2010
Beautiful, not factual depiction of missing Russian duchess.
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| Original Score: 4/5
October 18, 2008
This enchanting fairy-tale, the first release from Fox Animation Studios, is pure family entertainment.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
October 18, 2008
Original Score: 4/4
September 1, 2008
There is much for tots to enjoy: decent songs, an amusing script and some surprisingly imaginative animation.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
September 1, 2008
An 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.
September 1, 2008
It does veer horribly towards the sentimental at times, but still provides proof positive that other people can do cartoons too.
March 13, 2006
I have nothing but superlatives for this, a most phenomenal film.
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| Original Score: 5/5
March 6, 2006
...it's the typical boy-meets-girl-boy-annoys-girl-boy-and-girl-snipe-at-each-other-as-a-disguise-for-being-fond-of-each-other relationship.
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| Original Score: 4/5
February 9, 2006
Bluth has rediscovered the ingredients of quality mainstream animation...
December 6, 2005
It proves that Disney can be beaten at their own game.
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| Original Score: 4/5
April 9, 2005
Bluth and Goldman have created a quality animation work, with some individual scenes bordering on the extraordinary, that does a solid job in telling the mythical adventure.
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| Original Score: B
December 31, 2004
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