Rotten
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, Variety
An American Tail
Meet Fievel. In his search to find his family, he discovered America.
1986 · 1h 20m · G
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family
Directed by
Don Bluth
Overview
A young mouse named Fievel and his family decide to migrate to America, a "land without cats," at the turn of the 20th century. But somehow, Fievel ends up in the New World alone and must fend off not only the felines he never thought he'd have to deal with again but also the loneliness of being away from home.
Director and cast
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Top critics, in their words
72%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The overall quality of the animation -- baroquely executed if rather conventionally conceived -- makes it worth a look
Pat Graham, Chicago Reader
Rotten
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, Time Out
Rotten
Witless if well-meaning.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten
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, Washington Post
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