An American Tail 1986

Vincent Canby, New York Times: Witless if well-meaning. Read more

Pat Graham, Chicago Reader: The overall quality of the animation -- baroquely executed if rather conventionally conceived -- makes it worth a look Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: 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. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: 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. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: 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. Read more

Paul Attanasio, Washington Post: It may be that the truly American tale here is the spectacle of an artist squandering his awesome gifts on the way to becoming a Hollywood institution. Read more

Rita Kempley, Washington Post: A bright-eyed tale of Jewish triumphs that will find a place in many young hearts. Read more