An American Tail
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. While emigrating to the United States,he gets separated from his family and must relocate them while trying to survive in a new country.
26 January 1956, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
2 August 1919, Jerusalem, Palestine [now Israel]
18 August 1926, New York City, New York, USA
16 February 1952, Akron, Ohio, USA
8 January 1952, Tucson, Arizona, USA
21 May 1949, San Francisco, California, USA
15 July 1946, Tucson, Arizona, USA
1 October 1930, New York City, New York, USA
24 August 1916, Petoskey, Michigan, USA
29 September 1942, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
28 April 1975
13 December 1929, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
31 December 1944, London, England, UK
4 October 1978, Tarzana, California, USA
1 August 1933, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
November 24, 2009
Its sappiness is unmissably sincere, and such aching, embarrassing sincerity is never an evil thing in a movie.September 10, 2008
The overall quality of the animation -- baroquely executed if rather conventionally conceived -- makes it worth a lookJanuary 01, 2000
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.September 10, 2008
There's nothing particularly special about An American Tail, save for Bluth's slick animation.May 16, 2016
An intimate and entertaining animated epic...September 10, 2008
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.June 24, 2006
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.December 21, 2010
Adorable, heartwarming tale of immigrant mouse.February 18, 2006
Like other Spielberg-produced features, this one pays homage to old movie traditions (live-action Westerns) and icons, but the film has been made mechanically.January 01, 2000
A bright-eyed tale of Jewish triumphs that will find a place in many young hearts.September 10, 2008
The story is moving, and the animation includes some powerful images, although some of the early scenes depicting the suffering of the mice in Russia may be too frightening for younger viewers.August 30, 2004
Witless if well-meaning.