Review #13 | An American Tail

An American Tail, 1986

While the release date for An American Tail has been announced I had a chance to watch it. I have been wanting to watch it for a long time and finally got watch it! All I can say is that I personally loved this film. Particularly the songs were so endearing I have to buy the soundtrack someday. Here is the synopsis:

An American Tail is a beautifully rendered animated flim that tells an overly familiar story in terms children can easily understand. Fievel Mousekewitz and his family of Russian-Jewish mice escape from their homeland in the late 1800s, boarding a boat headed toward America to evade the Czarist rule of the Russian cats. Fievel, however, is separated from his family upon his arrival in New York City, and he discovers to his horror that there are cats in America too (his father said there weren't). Fievel meets his share of friendly and hostile mice, and he eventually befriends a cat as well. Former Disney animator Don Bluth co-produced and directed this often heartwarming yarn, the first animated feature presented by Steven Spielberg, and it has its charms despite a number of cliché situations.

I loved the story and the plot lines in the story. Plot after plot it had something it wanted to say, and was really funny too. It never got tired or bored throughout whole time. The songs like There are no Cats in America, Never say Never and A Duo are instantly likable that I wanted to sing along. Somewhere Out There was my favorite song in this movie because of its melody and lyrics and because of the animated sequence where Fievel and his sister sing together.

If there is the weak side of this film, it would be the animation. It was not perfect, it had its flaws and the use of colors was not great. The colors were dim, and sometimes the colors changed in the movie.

Other than that it was one fun movie that I recommend families with children to watch. An American Tail will be in Blu-Ray format on March 4, 2014.

Inside Outside Rating: 77%