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Exquisitely animated, An American Tail is a sweet, melancholy, immigrants story.
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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. Sep 10, 2008 | Full Review…
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.
Variety Staff
The overall quality of the animation -- baroquely executed if rather conventionally conceived -- makes it worth a look Sep 10, 2008 | Full Review…
The overall quality of the animation -- baroquely executed if rather conventionally conceived -- makes it worth a look
Pat Graham
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. Jun 24, 2006 | Full Review…
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.
Geoff Andrew
Witless if well-meaning. Aug 30, 2004 | Rating: 2/5
Witless if well-meaning.
Vincent Canby
The 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. Jan 1, 2000 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
The 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.
Roger Ebert
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. Jan 1, 2000 | Full Review…
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.
Paul Attanasio
I love the music, the animation is beautiful throughout. Feb 21, 2019 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
I love the music, the animation is beautiful throughout.
Rachel Wagner
An intimate and entertaining animated epic... May 16, 2016 | Full Review…
An intimate and entertaining animated epic...
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Adorable, heartwarming tale of immigrant mouse. Dec 21, 2010 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Adorable, heartwarming tale of immigrant mouse.
Nell Minow
Its sappiness is unmissably sincere, and such aching, embarrassing sincerity is never an evil thing in a movie. Nov 24, 2009 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
Its sappiness is unmissably sincere, and such aching, embarrassing sincerity is never an evil thing in a movie.
Tim Brayton
There's nothing particularly special about An American Tail, save for Bluth's slick animation. Sep 10, 2008 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
There's nothing particularly special about An American Tail, save for Bluth's slick animation.
Richard Luck
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. Sep 10, 2008 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
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.
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