Bartok the Magnificent

G

1999

1h 7m

Kids & Family

Adventure

Animation

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An albino bat and a bear seek to rescue Prince Ivan from the powerful witch they think kidnapped him.

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Doge G

Es una película breve para pasar el rato, no es lo mejor de Don Bluth, pero no es horrible.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/26/23

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StephenPaul C

The worst 01 hour: and 07 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/13/23

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What the ****?!!!! The worst 01 hour: and 07 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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LOL, all ages and families are allowed and awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!! Funny, original, full of kissing scenes, and magic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Funny and original; all ages!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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This review contains spoilers. Nostalgia makes you blind. As a child I saw this film many times, but after that I lost touch with the film and have not seen it for years. So I decided to get my hands on Bartok again. The film, I found out, is an Anastacia spin-off and is direct-to-video. Unfortunately, it is perceived that it is a direct-to-video film. The plot is all too simple that points to the banal and the obvious. Moreover, there is no shortage of plot holes: for example in one scene Bartok was deprived of flying (although there are numerous scenes in which he did not do it for convenience) but later resumes the use of the wings as if nothing had happened. The jokes weren't funny. The characters are revisited instead in 2 sides: bartok and the witch and then all the others. The first 2 mentioned are well characterized, especially the witch, who very well breaks the cliché of the evil witch. Others are simply one-dimensional or uninteresting to explore. The villain is the biggest disappointment in the whole movie: there's nothing about her that really sets her apart from another villain. She is simply generic and without personality. The animations, for a direct-to-video film, are very good and you can see the hand of experienced and capable animators. Besides, the film just couldn't get me hooked enough on the characters, which I didn't care about, and I was a little bored with the film. The sentence at the beginning of the review is not accidental: the nostalgia of growing up on a film / series makes us forget the objectivity of the work done. But now I'm not saying: don't evaluate it on subjective values. A compromise must always be found between the 2. Bartok may have raised me, but you have huge plot and character problems. With bland characters, mundane and boring story, and non-brilliant jokes, Bartok could have been a lot better than that.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Don Bluth

Director

Gary Goldman

Director

Hank Azaria

Bartok

Kelsey Grammer

Zozi

Andrea Martin

Baba Yaga

Catherine O'Hara

Ludmilla

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Tim Brayton

Alternate Ending

A showcase for both the best and the worst of what Bluth and Goldman's animators were up to.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 30, 2020

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

This uninspired, but mercifully short, adventure will hold some amusement for little kids but bore everyone else.

Rated: 1.5/4

Dec 8, 2004

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Dan Jardine

Apollo Guide

Rated: 71/100

Jan 1, 2000

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Synopsis

An albino bat and a bear seek to rescue Prince Ivan from the powerful witch they think kidnapped him.

Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Production Co: Columbia
Rating: G
Genre: Kids & Family, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 11, 2010
Runtime: 1h 7m
Sound Mix: Surround

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