Review #49 | All Dogs Go to Heaven

If only they have done some major changes, including a change in title, it would've be impressive.

All Dogs Go to Heaven, 1989

One of the most expensive of Don Bluth's animated cartoon features, All Dogs Go to Heaven was also among the most successful. Set in late-'30s New Orleans, the story centers upon a roguish German shepherd named Charlie B. Barkin (voice of Burt Reynolds), who is killed early in the proceedings by his business partner, Carface (voice of Vic Tayback). Charlie travels to Heaven, and is promptly warned that if he heads back to Earth, he can never return; he does decide to go back to Earth, however, to exact revenge on Carface, who has kidnapped Anne-Marie, a little orphan girl who can talk to Animals. The film also includes the vocal skills of Dom DeLuise, Charles Nelson Reilly, Vic Tayback, Melba Moore, Loni Anderson, and a host of others. All Dogs Go to Heaven was the first production of the Dublin-based Sullivan Bluth Studios.

Very unstable animated feature film which lacks appeal and entertainment. The animation is not the best out there and the story that is based on a weak and unstable theme. It fails to have a great story with side stories being unhelpful.

The music is not really helping the story move forward. The story is pretty dark and does not serve its purpose. All Dogs Go to Heaven lacks something special that is crucial to an animated film.

Inside Outside Rating: 32%