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A Delightful Tale!!
This animated featured, directed by Don Bluth, is an unforgettable treat for the entire family. It follows the adventures of "Fievel," a little boy mouse who journeys from Russia to America with his family, late in the 19th century, to seek a new life free of cat persecution. (Some analogies are present here.) During the storm boat trip, Fievel is lost at sea, and he finally washes up ashore in New York Harbor, where he vows to find his family.

With the voices of Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, Nehemiah Persoff, and Christopher Plummer, this story will warm your heart. A highly recommended movie!!!

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I......don't really understand.
This movie is good and all, don't get me wrong, it's not a BAD movie. I just can't understand what everyone sees in it. It's far from being the greatest animated movie of all time. Sure, Fieval is cute. But no more so than Edmund from "Rock a Doodle," whom he is very similar to. Bluth's far superior films include "Rock a Doodle," "The Pebble & the Penguin," "Thumbelina," and even "The Secret of NIMH," but especially "All Dogs go to Heaven."

The song "Somewhere Out There" is pretty enough, although Fieval's singing leaves much to be desired. The cast, even Tiger, isn't very funny and depends on Gussie to provide almost all the humor in the entire thing. For me, the story moves too slowly and is never poignant or touching enough. It's just "cute." Very basic. It was never a favorite during my childhood.

I'm sorry, but there's just nothing special about it...the animation, while very good, is no better than any other Bluth film. The story seems to drag on and on about Fieval, this Jewish immigrant mouse, looking for his family in America, and these bunch of mice trying to ship all the cats to Hong Kong in some plan for freedom, and for some reason getting mixed up with a cat who pretends to be a rat...it's all somewhat confusing and kind of pointless. Tiger is just another Dom DeLouise character, same attitude and voice and all, different body. Bridget, the girl mouse Tony likes, has no real role at all. And Henri, that pigeon...his role is too small, he was cool, I liked him in the beginning. However, are we noticing a Don Bluth theme here? Is it just me or does he LOVE French birds?! Henri is strangely reminiscent of Jacquimo from "Thumbelina"....an optimistic, singing French bird who, for some reason, gets involved with the main characters and helps them...?

So, overall it's cute, it's entertaining, it's sorta heartwarming without being extremely memorable or moving. I'll have to watch the "Fieval Goes West" sequel and see if it's any better. The only "American Tail" movie I REALLY enjoyed was "The Mystery of the Night Monster," on account of that awesome pink poodle.

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Heart Felt but Slow Moving
This movie was one of the greatest movies that was released in the eighties. Now as a parent, I tried introducing my four year old daughter to this movie. She had no interest in it at all. As I watch today, I did notice slow moving plots in the beginning. After the first half hour it becomes more entertaining. I do not recommend this movie for kids with short attention spans.