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Anastasia

Play trailer Poster for Anastasia G Released Nov 21, 1997 1h 34m Kids & Family Musical Animation Play Trailer Watchlist
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The evil wizard Rasputin (Christopher Lloyd) puts a hex on the royal Romanovs and young Anastasia (Meg Ryan) disappears when their palace is overrun. Years later, the Grand Duchess (Angela Lansbury) offers a reward for Anastasia's return. Two scheming Russians (John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer), planning to pawn off a phony, hold auditions and choose an orphan girl with a remarkable resemblance to the missing princess. They bring her to Paris for the reward, not knowing she's the real Anastasia.
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Beautiful animation, an affable take on Russian history, and strong voice performances make Anastasia a winning first film from Fox animation studios.

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Susan Wloszczyna USA Today Flawed but not fatally, this ambitious epic's strength lies not just with its haunting melodies, pretty pictures, star voices and kid-friendly sidekicks... What gives Anastasia its edge is that most elusive of ingredients, an emotionally gripping script. Rated: 3/4 Jan 9, 2018 Full Review Carol Buckland CNN.com Anastasia is OK entertainment. But it never reaches a level of emotional magic. Jan 5, 2018 Full Review Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: B- Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Todd James Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta) We've come to expect and we get spectacular animation but the lack of originality and drama in this anemic cartoon is palpable. Rated: 2/5 Aug 6, 2024 Full Review Dan DiNicola The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY) A passable clone, but for all its technical accomplishments, a movie that does not have the magic. Rated: C+ Jan 10, 2023 Full Review Wesley Lovell Cinema Sight Anastasia is another of Don Bluth’s attempts to wrest control of the genre that remains inferior in nearly every way, except one. Rated: 3/4 Nov 23, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Fabrícia F Um clássico conto de fadas com todos os elementos que atraem o cinéfilo mais romântico. A princesa perseguida por seu passado que encontra o verdadeiro amor na jornada de volta para a casa da sua família, a dinastia Romanov. Emocionante, mágico, surpreendente. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/28/24 Full Review TROY S Anastasia (1997) is honestly one of the greatest animated films of all time! Meg Ryan and John cusack voice their characters wonderfully, their voices really fit the animated characters well. The script and screenplay is awesome, very well constructed. This movie is of course very family friendly, and it's also very smart and clever, it really shows the writer's talent. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/18/24 Full Review Adam O The good: boisterous musical numbers with ornate animation, a great real-life plot story to adapt and immortalize in film, and a fairly keen eye for turn-of-century Russian and European styles in set designs, landscapes, costumes, etc. I am a sucker for hand drawn animation, I admire the extra work it takes, and there is obviously a lot of work in this. The bad: for a hand-drawn film, the mixed use of rotoscoping is nauseating. Our damsel-in-distress and knight-in-shining armor are almost entirely rotoscoped for lifelike animation whereas his conniving accomplice is drawn with Disney-esque "inbetweening" that make him seem amorphous. Side-by-side, it's hard to bear. The script is thin and there are a number of incidental characters, and only a few characters whom we follow actually are dynamic, which makes it harder to pull the story together. The ugly: Rasputin's depiction was overly macabre for a children's movie. The sinuous hand and ribcage was nauseating and I had to calm my reaction to explain what was happening for the kids. I would guess it's worth watching if you're intrigued by the story as I am, but it lands solidly middle to low in many lists. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/26/24 Full Review Ανθη Α My favourite animated movie!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/15/24 Full Review Joel H Anastasia is probably the best non-Disney Disney movie out there. The animation, the musical numbers, the all-star cast, and the humor all mimic the style of Disney movies of the 90s. And while there many aspects of this movie that I enjoy, one of the weakest links in the chain is the voice acting. At times, it’s as if I can see Meg Ryan, John Cusack, and Christopher Lloyd reading their lines in a recording booth instead of Anastasia, Dimitri, and Rasputin speaking with each other. And while Anastasia is far from realistic, it’s a good introduction to the fascinating true story of the Romanov family. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/08/24 Full Review Jymski Una película mágica luego de los fracasos en esa época, verla es una bocanada de aire fresco, yo siendo fan de la ciencia social e historia, que este basada en un hecho real como lo es la realeza rusa durante un período de revoluciones es maravilloso, si bien unos dicen que mucha ficción hablamos de Disney, visual y sonoramente es una película magnífica en todo el sentido de la palabra. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/11/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis The evil wizard Rasputin (Christopher Lloyd) puts a hex on the royal Romanovs and young Anastasia (Meg Ryan) disappears when their palace is overrun. Years later, the Grand Duchess (Angela Lansbury) offers a reward for Anastasia's return. Two scheming Russians (John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer), planning to pawn off a phony, hold auditions and choose an orphan girl with a remarkable resemblance to the missing princess. They bring her to Paris for the reward, not knowing she's the real Anastasia.
Director
Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Producer
Don Bluth
Screenwriter
Bruce Graham, Bob Tzudiker, Noni White, Susan Gauthier
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Fox Animation Studios, 20th Century Fox
Rating
G
Genre
Kids & Family, Musical, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 21, 1997, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$58.4M
Runtime
1h 34m
Sound Mix
Surround
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