An American Tail

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An American Tail

G

1986

1h 20m

Kids & Family

Fantasy

Animation

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A young mouse named Fievel Mousekewitz (Phillip Glasser) and his family emigrate from Russia to the United States by boat after their home is destroyed by cats. During the trip, a fierce storm throws Fievel from the ship, and he loses contact with his family. Luckily, he manages to sail to New York in a bottle. There, Irish mouse Bridget (Cathianne Blore), an Italian mouse named Tony (Pat Musick) and a kindly cat named Tiger (Dom DeLuise) help Fievel search for his loved ones.

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Critics Consensus

Exquisitely animated, An American Tail is a sweet, melancholy, immigrants story.

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Leonard Maltin

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It has the most important ingredient for a good cartoon feature: an appealing main character.

Rated: 3/4

May 19, 2023

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Eleanor Ringel Cater

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

[It] celebrates the rich diversity of our melting-pot heritage; it doesn't insult kids (or adults) with fifth-rate Saturday-morning non-animation; and it gives us some wonderfully memorable characters that weren't already sitting on the Toys R Us shelves.

May 19, 2023

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Martin F. Kohn

Detroit Free Press

Beautifully animated in the classic tradition of Pinocchio, An American Tall depicts the immigrant experience of i hundred years ago as seen through the eyes of young Fievel Mousekewitz, his family and his murine compadres.

Rated: 7/10

May 19, 2023

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Bill Cosford

Miami Herald

An American Tail is simply not remarkable. It's handsome, wholesome and eager to please, but its theme seems well beyond the ken of the very young. Worse, the plot has a dreadful familiarity to it -- the borrowings are extensive.

Rated: 2.5/4

May 19, 2023

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Malcolm Johnson

Hartford Courant

The sights and most of the sounds are always eye-filling and occasionally thrilling. The mouse's-eye views of old Manhattan are stunningly rendered, as are the bird's-eye panoramas. And Horner's score has sweep and splendor.

Rated: 3/4

May 19, 2023

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Michael Dare

L.A. Weekly

Its impossible to review Steven Spielberg's first fully animated venture without using the words "cute, charming and adorable," so I've disposed of them all in this first sentence.

May 19, 2023

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Alicia

Love this childhood favorite!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/08/22

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Jared A

Great childhood memories here. Wonderful family film with some good music. It is still enjoyable as an adult. See it!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/10/24

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Garrett B

A forgotten classic that more should talk about these days

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/03/24

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Vincent R

This movie is amazing!!! I could watch this movie every day of my life and not getting tired from watching it. But I hated the scene where the other orphan mice was bullying him at like the end of the movie 1000/10

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/25/24

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Kaito K

I Hated The part where The orphans were bullying fifel But everything else was preatty good

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/17/24

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Giovanni benjamin D

Considero Que Es Una Película Bastante Buena, Aún Cuándo Nunca La Había Visto de Niño, La Película Me Gusta, Su Animación Es Fenomenal, Su Banda Sonora Es Buenarda, Los Personajes La Mayoría Tienen Un Desarrollo Bastante Bueno, Excepto El De Warren Que Como Villano Deja Mucho Que Desear Y No Se Siente Tanto Como Una Amenaza. Buena Película.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/09/24

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Don Bluth

Director

Erica Yohn

Mama Mousekewitz

Nehemiah Persoff

Papa Mousekewitz

Amy Green

Tanya Mousekewitz

Phillip Glasser

Fievel Mousekewitz

Christopher Plummer

Henri

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An American Tail: Official Clip - There Are No Cats In America

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An American Tail: Official Clip - Fievel On Fire

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An American Tail: Official Clip - Mouse Overboard!

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An American Tail: Official Clip - Somewhere Out There

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An American Tail: Official Clip - Finding Fievel

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An American Tail: Official Clip - The Secret Weapon

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An American Tail: Official Clip - Cossack Cats

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An American Tail: Official Clip - A Duo

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An American Tail: Official Clip - The Cat's out of The Bag

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An American Tail: Official Clip - Never Say Never

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Synopsis

A young mouse named Fievel Mousekewitz (Phillip Glasser) and his family emigrate from Russia to the United States by boat after their home is destroyed by cats. During the trip, a fierce storm throws Fievel from the ship, and he loses contact with his family. Luckily, he manages to sail to New York in a bottle. There, Irish mouse Bridget (Cathianne Blore), an Italian mouse named Tony (Pat Musick) and a kindly cat named Tiger (Dom DeLuise) help Fievel search for his loved ones.

Director: Don Bluth
Producer: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, John Pomeroy
Screenwriter: Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss
Production Co: Universal/Universal Int
Rating: G
Genre: Kids & Family, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $44.9M
Runtime: 1h 20m
Sound Mix: Surround

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