An American Tail [Blu-ray]

Great kids movie. Forgot how much I loved watching this as a kid and am so glad I can share it with my kids now.

Great movie! favorite since I was a kid

Worth the nostalgia!

I bought this for my sister-it’s one of her favorite movies. It has such a beautiful story and the songs are wonderful. Highly recommend!

I saw this long long ago in my childhood then throw the years had forgotten about it completely. Recently I remembered the name when I saw it on HBO so I decided to watch it. This film created more emotion for me than most oscar quality movies. Maybe it's the animals, they're just so cute, especially Fievel. But anyway, I loved it so much and it brought back so many memories that I watched it at least 5 other times on HBO that week. I had to own this movie, being as it jumped up to at least my 2nd favorite, 1st favorite in terms of animated movies.Through internet research I found out that the DVD version of American Tail had added sound effects and a few voice overs. I found a list of all of them and was dissappointed that I couldn't have the original version on DVD, I mean HBO showed it, why can't it be on DVD. Well anyway, I bought it here on VHS so I could have the original version. I also will buy it on DVD someday, even though the effects can be annoying sometimes and I feel they take away from the movie. The bullies in the end said different things and places where there was supposed to be silence or background music now has sound effects and people talking. There was only one thing added that was actually quite funny and didn't sound like someone just talking over the movie. Warren T Rat says "I wonder how you say 'trust me' in Chinese". The rest can get very annoying, but most I can deal with. Children probably won't know the difference or care and the animation and original character voices was not touched. THANK GOODNESS.The VHS came in it's original shrink wrap wrapping and is from a 1990 release. I almost don't want to open it because it is quite interesting. Cost $17.96 at Walmart back then. There's even a $5 rebate offer if you purchase American Tail and Fievel Goes West that expires 9/30/92.Anyway, DVD or VHS (or even Laserdisk) this is definitely a great film. Some may say it's really depressing. I'd agree it's sad and dark, but I feel it makes it more beautiful and heartwarming. If you love this film check out Secret Of NIHM. That's also a Don Bluth film and extremely good. Many say better than American Tail, but that's all opinion both are amazing.

I seen this when I was younger

I was feeling nostalgic so rented this movie to watch it again. I remember it stressing me out as a kid. There were so many instances where the conflict was almost resolved or felt like it should've been resolved and then it just got worse. Can confirm I still like the second one better (funnier and less stressful). But there are cute moments and ambitious filming techniques for its time (there's a shot that looks at the statue of liberty and then circles around it, which is one of the hardest things to do for a hand drawn film).Years later, it's still fun to watch, but I wouldn't say it's an essential watch.

My daughter is three and half, and we watched this a few weeks ago when it was my (dad's) turn to pick the weekly movie. She was a little apprehensive about the ferocious Cossack cats at the beginning and stood back to watch from the other room. But she was captivated and soon joined us on the couch. I don't think she understood the big reveal near the end, nor could she fully appreciate the contributions of certain cinema legends, but she giggled at Madeline Kahn's "We-wease the secwet weapooon!" and the antics of Dom DeLuise's mouse-loving cat. We even added "Somewhere Out There" to our morning playlist (as beautifully, imperfectly voiced by the character actors) - she loves singing along. So happy my family watched this together after I hadn't seen it for 30+ years.