An American Tail (1986) movie poster

An American Tail (1986)

"Meet Fievel. In his search to find his family, he discovered America."
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👍 80%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 57%
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Director
Don Bluth
Runtime
1h 20m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
6.7/10 (1,428 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
76%
Metacritic
38

Cast

Phillip Glasser as Fievel Mousekewitz (voice)
Erica Yohn as Mama Mousekewitz (voice)
Nehemiah Persoff as Papa Mousekewitz (voice) · 78% avg
Amy Green as Tanya Mousekewitz (voice)
Christopher Plummer as Henri (voice) · 74% avg
John Finnegan as Warren T. Rat (voice)
Will Ryan as Digit (voice) · 71% avg
Hal Smith as Moe (voice)

Is An American Tail good?

Most people think so. 80% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 57%, but audiences disagreed.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#293 / 661 · Animation
Rank in its year
#44 / 58 · 1986
Rank among its director's films
#4 / 7 · Don Bluth

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

A young mouse named Fievel and his family decide to migrate to America, a "land without cats," at the turn of the 20th century. But somehow, Fievel ends up in the New World alone and must fend off not only the felines he never thought he'd have to deal with again but also the loneliness of being away from home. Wikipedia ↗

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What Reddit Thinks

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⬆ 63,061💬 722 comments
In An American Tail (1986), the colour of the statue of liberty is historically accurate. As the film is set in 1885, the year the statue was completed, it still has its bright copper colouring. It was only after 1900 that the statue turned green due to oxidisation.
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Top comment: "How hard would it be to restore ol' Lady Liberty to her former luster? Could even coat her in some..."
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⬆ 37,379💬 1,978 comments
Today's kids should know about "An American Tail" and its sequel, "Fievel Goes West," as they remain two of the finest examples of traditional western animation that still hold up decades later.
Don Bluth and Steven Spielberg brought us these masterpieces, which are both as dark but meaningful as the original *The Land Before Time* (also a... Read on Reddit →
Top comment: "And the classic duet: "Sooome wheeeere ooout there....""
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⬆ 4,592💬 113 comments
In An American Tail (1986), Hebrew (Yiddish) text is seen with Fievel’s image that reads תנצב”ה at the top, an acronym that commonly appears on Jewish gravestones meaning “may his soul be bound in the bundle of life,” and on the bottom פייוועל which is Fievel’s name.
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Top comment: "God, I fucking love that movie."
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