An American Tail
November 1988
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Variety Staff
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.
Pat Graham
The overall quality of the animation -- baroquely executed if rather conventionally conceived -- makes it worth a look
Geoff Andrew
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.
Vincent Canby
Witless if well-meaning.
Paul Attanasio
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.
Roger Ebert
he movie has such vague ethnic grounds, however, that only a few children will understand or care that the Mousekewitzes are Jewish. And few of those are likely to be entertained by such a tragic, gloomy story.
Critic reviews
Variety Staff
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.
Pat Graham
The overall quality of the animation -- baroquely executed if rather conventionally conceived -- makes it worth a look
Geoff Andrew
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.
Paul Attanasio
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.
Roger Ebert
he movie has such vague ethnic grounds, however, that only a few children will understand or care that the Mousekewitzes are Jewish. And few of those are likely to be entertained by such a tragic, gloomy story.
Rita Kempley
A bright-eyed tale of Jewish triumphs that will find a place in many young hearts.
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Cast and credits
Actors | Christopher Plummer, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, John Finnegan, Amy Green, Phillip Glasser, Cathianne Blose, Pat Musick, Nehemiah Persoff, Neil Ross, Will Ryan, Erica Yohn |
Producers | Steven Spielberg, Robert Watts |
Director | Don Bluth |
Writers | Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss |
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Rental period
Start within 30 days, finish within 24 hours.
Run time
80 minutes
Rating
G
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