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Move over Disney. Twentieth Century Fox's first in-house animated feature may not be "Beauty and the Beast,' but it has more freshness, more verve and more compelling characters than "Hunchback' or "H...( read more 
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MCT:October 7, 2008LOVE IT!!! Best non-Disney cartoon! Love the song, and the fact that it is (kinda) based on a true story!
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MCT:October 6, 2008
The story of Anastasia, the Romanov princess who supposedly escaped execution during the Russian Revolution, is the rather bizarre choice of subject matter for 20th Century Fox's first foray into animated family features. But the creators of Anastasia have solved the problem of how to teach Americans the complex history of the Romanovs and the revolution by largely ignoring it. Purists who expect the cartoon to provide a history lesson can forget about it. Still, if you allow yourself to look at Anastasia as a fairy tale about a princess who breaks an evil spell on her family -- well then, Fox's first cartoon feature is a winner.
This entertaining animated feature by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman is a dream-catcher, tapping into the universal yearning for home, love, and the heart's deepest desires. Featuring an all-star cast of voices headed by Meg Ryan and John Cusack, Anastasia is packed with emotion, action, comedy, and better than average vocal characterizations. Not to mention epic production numbers, exquisite computer animation, and incredibly detailed background paintings. The film is so rich with subtle references and clever adult-oriented humor that I would almost recommend it for grown-ups more than children, but, of course, there is plenty of juvenile hilarity to go around. Another great element is the music, with a rich score and several great songs, especially the lilting "Once Upon A Dream."
The Mouse still rules the world of animation.
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MCT:October 5, 2008
A touching, perfectly animated story with a fantastic voice cast. One of many of my childhood favourites.
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MCT:October 1, 2008Best animated movie ever. This has an intresting and exiting story, with good characters and songs. I really like how it is done, with the drawings I mean. Definitly one of teh best.
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MCT:September 21, 2008
Beautiful animation and music. Not accurate to the story of Anastasia, but still a good story with lots of adventure and comedy and drama. The voices are well matched. Suitable for anyone around 7+, though it depends on the child. There are a few frightening scenes.
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MCT:September 1, 2008
I loooooov e this movie! mY FAVORITE NON DISNEY CARTOON MOVIE!!1 iTS SO COOL !!1 tHE STORY THAT REALY HAPPEN...WOW
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MCT:August 27, 2008Another one of my favourite childhood movies. Obviously it's not historically accurate, it is a children's film. When it was made it was following the possibility of Anastasia escaping, which at that point had yet to be proven false. It's on par with many classic Disney films in my opinion. It's a really charming film, with great characters and music.
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MCT:August 23, 2008I hate this movie. The music is nice but I think they could have stuck to the actual story of Anastasia and it would have been a lot more interesting. I hated all of the fantasy elements of the movie.
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MCT:August 16, 2008
the fact is you know this movie is complete bullshit when anastasia was technically supposed to have been killed 10 minutes in but the filmmakers decide to make her live and ultimately feed you nothing but lies in the form of this crappy kid's movie. 'nuff said.
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MCT:August 4, 2008
oh my gosh! i loved this movie i had seen it when i was really little and i loved it but i couldnt remeber the name
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MCT:July 28, 2008
"Anastasia" is loosely based on one of the greatest mysteries in Russian history -- the missing daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the final Tsar of Russia.
"Anya" (voiced by Meg Ryan), who doesn't remember anything about her life before the age of eight, hooks up with two con men (voiced by John Cusack and Kelsey Grammer) to try to fool "Dowager Empress Marie Fyodorovna" (voiced by Angela Lansbury) into believing that "Anya" is her missing granddaughter, Anastasia Romanov, the missing daughter of the last Tsar of Russia. However, what they don't know, including "Anya," is that she is really "Anastasia".
However, the reincarnated "Rasputin" (voiced by Christopher Lloyd) comes back from the grave to complete the curse he put on the Romanovs and kill "Anastasia". He is assisted by "Bartok" (voiced by Hank Azaria), who is mainly in the film for some comic relief.
The first thing you can't help but notice in this film is the fantastic animation. Everything from the coloring to the movement of the characters is simply fantastic.
The music is also wonderful, but, in my opinion, none of the songs are memorable as Disney tunes are. Each song is well written, and are nicely performed by vocalists with very good voices. I just don't think people will start singing any of these songs after seeing the movie.
The movie itself is very well written. The dialogue really helps move the movie along nicely. In fact, the entire pacing of the movie is done quite nicely.
The cast is equally fantastic. Each actor bring their characters to life. Each give their character the perfect voice for their individual characters. Some were so good at disguising their natural voices, I was pretty shocked to find out who the performers were during the closing credits. In my opinion, the only two characters who were not well developeed were "Rasputin" and "Bartok," who is a very talkative white bat.
One thing that you should know is that there are numerous, but forgettable historical inaccuracies in this film. However, you won't care thanks to the animation, music and the performances from the cast.
In my opinion, "Anistasia" is a good animated movie with wonderful animation, good music and a fantastic cast that makes this film a joy to watch. -
MCT:July 25, 2008
Anastasia "talvez" seja melhor que as princesas da Disney. Sua personalidade forte é o diferencial, assim como os efeitos de animação e a trilha sonora! Agrada mais adultos que crianças!
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MCT:July 24, 2008
one of the best nondisney animated film ever...the story isn't really that of a fairy tale..and i really appreciated the fact that she wanted to be with the person she loves rather than become a princess
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MCT:July 19, 2008Anastasia (1997)
Directed by Don Bluth and Garry Goldman
Featuring the voices of Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Christopher Lloyd, Hank Azaria, Bernadette Peters, Kirsten Dunst, Angela Lansbury«Anastasia: What? Hey why are you circling me? What were you, a vulture in another life?
Dimitri: I'm sorry Enya.
Anastasia: It's Anya.
Dimitri: Anya.
Anastasia: Anya.
Dimitri: It's just that you look an awful lot like... never mind.»The year is 1916. In St. Petersburg, Russia, Tsar Nicholas II is throwing a grand ball to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Romanov rule, while his mother, Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna (Angela Lansbury), gives her favourite granddaughter, 8-year-old Grand Duchess Anastasia (Kirsten Dunst), a music box and a necklace reading "Together in Paris" which serves as its key. The ball is interrupted by the arrival of Grigori Rasputin (Christopher Lloyd), a monk once trusted by the Russian Imperial Family, having since been cast out by Nicholas as a "traitor". He enacts his revenge through a demonic green reliquary; summoning a curse that sparks the Russian Revolution. Ten years later, the Romanov dynasty has come to an end and Russia is under Communist rule. Marie, now residing in Paris, has offered a money reward for anyone who can restore her granddaughter to her. Russian conmen living in St. Petersburg: Dimitri (John Cusack), a conniving young man; and Vladimir (Kelsey Grammer), a former aristocrat of the Imperial Court, decide to find a young girl to pass off as Anastasia.
This animated feature musical film is one of the few that are based on a real story. However not quite accurate it isn't the best of its genre but still a very enjoyable movie. The story is fascinating and it shows that it is indeed happened at some point in history so this is good. Animation is well made, not the best but certainly good enough for this film.
Acting has been delivered nicely; Meg Ryan and John Cusack did a great job and especially Kelsey Grammer who declared he will be singing himself rather than have someone else doing his singing. That's what I really enjoyed about this movie: the singing which was outstanding. On DVD they have some really nice special features and one of them is that they took one or two memorable songs from a movie and made the singing in lots of different languages. So rather than its all being sang in English you hear French, Spanish, Russian, German, tai, Hebrew, even Japanese plus many other languages. All together it sounds fantastic, also if English isn't your first language or you are studying some other foreign language I am sure you will be pleased to hear this songs.
Back to the storyline, it runs nice and smooth throughout the film so it doesn't goes too quick or too slow and so it is great in my opinion. Let's not forget that this movie can be quite funny at times but also romantic and even sad. Finally to mention something, Christopher Lloyd plays a great bad guy and his voice is tremendously evil.
All actors did a tremendous job and this turn out to be a great family animation, thanks to them. Overall, Anastasia is a good animated feature film that I would recommend to anyone of you to see because it is certainly slightly above all the average films of the same category.
Review Date: 4th of April, 2008.
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MCT:July 16, 2008
OMG i just watched this a few weeks ago for the first time in a few years and it waz sooo good i didnt believe it my fav animated movie 4 sure!
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MCT:July 15, 2008
Whilst not being historically accurate, Anastasia has beautiful animation, an all-star cast and great songs that makes this an entertaining film.
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MCT:July 13, 2008
Ahhh!!!! OMG THIS IS LIKE ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE CARTOONS EVER!!!!!!! Ha-ha! Lol ^-^' I know you like it too!!! ^^'
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MCT:July 10, 2008
such a fine non-disney animation. great story and the songs are okay. I was very infatuated by this picture when I was a kid..
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luizzleluvsuposted 79 days ago -
one of my favourite films whilst growing up and sparked a thirst for wanting to know the truth about the romanov family and whether or not anastasia lived
posted 195 days ago -
This is another one of my fav animated movies, i had watched it when i was very little and i have grown up watching this beautiful movie- about the missing princess, it may not be a true story but i really liked the way anastasia recollects her memory
posted 243 days ago -
i love this movie.
i always wanted to look like her, when i was little i used to think i was her i thought since i was russian too i could be her, i still do sometimesposted 358 days ago -
i love this movie <3
i know all of the songs by heart,
i am part russian :)
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such a good story.
x3posted 362 days ago -
MY FAVOURITE MOVIE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG IM OBSESSED WITH THIS AND THE REAL STORY, I CRY EVERYTIME, I WATCH THIS MOVIE EVERY DAY OMG IM OBSESSED AHHHHHH I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IM OBSESSED I WATCH IT EVERY SINGLE DAY NO LIE IM OBSESSED THE BEST MOVIE EVER NOTHING REPLACES IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AHHHHH I LOVE THE ROMANOVS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
posted 376 days ago -
It's great movie but who said to 20th Century Fox that Anya is diminutive for Annastasia? Nastya is deminutive for Anastasia and Anya is deminutive for Anna.
posted 378 days ago -
The whole movie is fantastic meg and john are great!
You can enjoy this at any age :]posted 382 days ago -
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THIS IS NOT A DISNEY MOVIE!!!!!
just had to mention it. But i love this movie!
"Walk a little slower...3..2..1.." "Dmitri!" soo funny, such a good movie.posted 404 days ago
