An American Tail (1986)

Release date: 1986-11-21
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Don Bluth
Production Co: Universal Pictures, U-Drive Productions, Sullivan Studios
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Rating: 6.9/10
Length: 1h 20min

Storyline

Fievel is a young Russian mouse separated from his parents on the way to America, a land they think is without cats. When he arrives alone in the New World, he keeps up hope, searching for his family, making new friends, and running and dodging the cats he thought he'd be rid off.

Plot Keywords

19th century, 1880s, piano, pop music, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love at first sight, rally, mayor, sea monster, orphan, criminal, outlaw, brother sister relationship, singer, balladeer, mother daughter relationship, scolding, bully, loss of loved one, invasion

Short Review

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.