An American Tail (1986)
While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets seperated from his family and must relocate them while trying to survive in a new country. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Don Bluth
Written By: David Kirschner, Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Dom DeLuise, Nehemiah Persoff, Madeline Kahn, Neil Ross, John Finnegan, Pat Musick, Phillip Glasser, Erica Yohn, Amy Green
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Adventure, Animation
Franchise: An American Tail
Country: USA
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An American Tail belongs to 8 collections
1. Features under 91 minutes (collaborative: moderated by epiphany - 56 stars)
2. Netflix USA (public: mpowell - 8 stars)
3. Nostalgia Critic Episodes (collaborative: moderated by KirkJiggler - 4 stars)
4. Animated Features (public: smuhu - 1 star)
5. James Horner (composer) (collaborative: moderated by djross)
6. My Movie Collection (public: elhenzo)
7. Unofficially Beating The World Record For Most Films Watched in a Year (public: EsperHart)
8. My ratings (public: tpbradbury)
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BeeDub | 85 63rd |
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Don Bluth's big "up yours" to Disney. Those expecting a super-happy-fun time will be surprised by the seriousness and pathos on display here - I doubt we'll ever see another mainstream American animated film so ambitious. (We sure didn't with the sequel.)
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bof | 55 32nd |
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I assume that in part 2, everyone votes for Warren T. Cat since he tells it like it is.
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Ytadel | 6 70th |
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I just watched it now in 2009, so I have no childhood memories or nostalgia for it, and I thought it was pretty good. The best parts are Fievel falling off the ship and the "Somewhere Out There" song. As a cat person I get a little tired of them being Hollywood's de facto demonized animal, but other than that, I enjoyed it. I love how the main family's name is "Mousekewitz," that would be like if my name was "Humankewitz."
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recklessmess | 77 63rd |
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Yet another movie glorifying illegal immigration.
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Paxton | 62 40th |
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Another otherwise innocuous kid's movie that once again furthers the stereotype that Russians love cheese.
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Magb | 60 23rd |
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Joke's on you, Fievel, 'cause I've got it on good authority that there are hell of cats in America. Well, I guess you found that out yourself.
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weirdyoda | 98 98th |
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A true American children's classic. Don Bluth at his filmmaking peak. They need to make children's movies like this again.
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mfidler1 | 76 54th |
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Somewhere, out there beneath the paaale moon light, someone's thinking of me.....
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| 1 | BCareyUSAF | 95 82nd |
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If your kid hasn't seen this, you're a bad parent.
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Leonardis | 84 47th |
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I enjoyed this upon first watch. It's sad and cute and endearing and a classic. Well animated, and musically it's good as well. Will revisit for a better review.
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joel-w-m | 5 25th |
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Moves much too quickly throughout (Fievel and Tiger's friendship duet seems a little premature), which makes it difficult to appreciate any of the secondary characters in particular, but each scene, however brief, communicates effectively an aspect of the surprisingly serious immigration (see Fievel's separation) turned searching for family (see the moments of dramatic irony in New York) plot. Nice animation and a few fun songs ("There's No Cats in America" is a highlight) round out the film.
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| Average Percentile 48.83% from 2292 Ratings |  |