An American Tail (1986)

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(72%)

Starring:	Phillip Glasser \| Dom DeLuise
Director:	Don Bluth
Studio:	UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK
Genres:	Action/Adventure \| Animated \| Children
Languages:	English
Released:	December 05, 2005

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.

Radio Times

Directed by ex-Disney animator Don Bluth and with Steven Spielberg as co-executive producer, this handsome feature has the look and feel of a master cartoonist at work. The story of the Mousekewitz family who leave 1880s Russia for the United States because they've heard that the country has no cats and every wall has a mousehole in it and the streets are paved with cheese, ties in nicely with Bluth's stunning animation, and, in true Disney tradition, the Oscar-nominated song Somewhere Out There is a major highlight. Children will love it.

Rating of 1 stars out of 5
Halliwell's Film Guide

Expensive cartoon feature with old-fashioned full animation but not much in the way of narrative interest or indeed humour.

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Rated 4.0 stars
I've got the instints of a cat. What am I saying? I am a cat.

JediSi from , 19th January, 2008

A family called the Mousekewitzs apparently is struggling in their lives with terrifying cats. So they immigrate to America like many Russians did back in the late 1800's. But, unfortunately, Fievel (A touching character) gets lost and separated from the Mousekewitz during a storm. So Feivel tries his best to find his family. This film doesn't get half the credit it deserves. It's a masterpiece that's almost equal to any Disney film. The music is unparalleled ('Somewhere Out There' deserved that Oscar) and the animation was stunning for 1986. There are rarely any animated movies out there, or I've seen, that actually has something for everyone. An American Tale manages to combine many elements that make a great movie.

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