An American Tail (1986)
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68% of critics liked it
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68% of users liked it
(239,126 ratings)
An American Tail is a beautifully rendered animated flim that tells an overly familiar story in terms children can easily understand. Fievel Mousekewitz and his family of Russian-Jewish mice escape from their homeland in the late 1800s, boarding a boat headed toward America to evade the Czarist rule… More An American Tail is a beautifully rendered animated flim that tells an overly familiar story in terms children can easily understand. Fievel Mousekewitz and his family of Russian-Jewish mice escape from their homeland in the late 1800s, boarding a boat headed toward America to evade the Czarist rule of the Russian cats. Fievel, however, is separated from his family upon his arrival in New York City, and he discovers to his horror that there are cats in America too (his father said there weren't). Fievel meets his share of friendly and hostile mice, and he eventually befriends a cat as well. Former Disney animator Don Bluth co-produced and directed this often heartwarming yarn, the first animated feature presented by Steven Spielberg, and it has its charms despite a number of cliché situations. ~ Don Kaye, Rovi
- Directed By
- Don Bluth
- Written By
- David Kirschner, Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Animation, Kids & Family
G,
- In Theaters
- Nov 21, 1986 Wide
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Variety Staff, Variety
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.
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Pat Graham, Chicago Reader
The overall quality of the animation -- baroquely executed if rather conventionally conceived -- makes it worth a look
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Geoff Andrew, Time Out
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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Vincent Canby, New York Times
Witless if well-meaning.
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Paul Attanasio, Washington Post
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.
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Cast
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Cathianne Blore
as Bridget
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Dom DeLuise
as Tiger
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John Finnegan
as Warren T. Rat
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Philip Glasser
as Fievel Mousekewitz
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Amy Green
as Tanya Mousekewitz
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Madeline Kahn
as Gussie Mausheimer voise of
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Pat Musick
as Tony Toponi
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Nehemiah Persoff
as Papa Mousekewitz
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Christopher Plummer
as Henri
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Neil Ross
as Honest John
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Will Ryan
as Digit
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Erica Yohn
as Mama Mousekewitz
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Hal Smith
as Moe
- Phillip Glasser
