Review of An American Tail (1986) by Brandon W — 02 Dec 2016

An American Tail is directed by Don Bluth, and it's an animated musical adventure about a mouse named Fievel who is a very curious mice, and when he got too curious when sailing to America, he ended up getting lost, and he has to find his family.

I've not watched a lot of Don Bluth films since I only saw The Secret of NIHM. Luckily I recently finished The Land Before Time, which is a terrific movie, and this one, which is an enjoyable film that kids would be entertained while being sad at the same times.

The voice acting is really good, and for a young child actor like Phillip Glasser as the main character, it's not annoying, which is probably the most reliving part of the film. The animation is very pretty to look at, and has some 3D drawn animations that I think looks surprisingly great.

The characters are memorable for the kids to remember, even if they need a little bit of development to them like Fievel's parents for example. The songs by James Horner are good, but there are some songs that I didn't really find that memorable, and the singing voices, while solid for the most part, can be screeching when they sing the high parts.

I like how the mouses work their own city in America as it's a gigantic place for them, and it's in a way that makes sense about how the people would not know about those type of things. An American Tail is a great movie that it's sad to see that this is the same director that made his late films also.