KnotMissPriceless Why so much hype?

mraculeated The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

Kodie Bird True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

ironhorse_iv American Tail was slow, dark and depressing. This sequel movie though, while not as emotional, was so much more entertaining for me. It was fun to watch. The movie starts out in the Bronx, the Mousekewitz family find that conditions are not as ideal as they had hoped, as they are still struggling with life. They always being attacks by cats. After one such attack, the Mousekewitz family decide to try their luck out west. While on the west-bound train, Fievel (Phillip Glasser) wanders into the livestock cart to find out a gang of cats lead by Cat R. Waul (John Cleese) is planning something evil for them. Cat R. Waul is a devious but ingenious feline criminal. He pretended to be the champion of a brave new world where cats and mice would co-exist while secretly plotting to use them as slave labor. Then finally killed them off after they outlived their usefulness to him in building a town in the Old West call Green River. After being discovered, Fievel is thrown from the train by Cat R. Waul's hench spider, T.R. Chula (Jon Lovitz), landing the mouse in the middle of the desert. On the way to Green River, he meets up with old friend Tiger the Cat (Don DeLuise) and somebody that might him on the way, Sheriff Wylie Burp (James Stewart). This movie would mark the last movie for James Stewart, and somewhat a tribute to him for such Western roles as the How the West was won, and The Man who shot Liberty Valance. I like all the western tribute in the film, from having The Searcher's Monument Valley type background to naming one of their new characters Miss Kitty as a Gunsmoke show reference. Still, the mocking of Native American with the Indian mice is just ridiculous stupid and wrong. Now the three of them must become western law men, and try to rescue the town mice before it's too late. Surprising, not a lot of people know this, but Don Bluth was not involved in this film as Spielberg and him had a falling out on the direction of the film. Still it's nice to see it is possible to make a sequel to a Don Bluth movie without completely screwing the original over. I have extremely fond memories of this movie from my childhood, but growing up, I notice some faults. I think some moments in the movie are too fast paced like the animators didn't really always see ahead of how it would look like. Like when Tiger hides in the sign, he jumps down and lands on the ground a second after the dog disappears, which is insane. The animation isn't that great, but it's better than most sequel animations. Don't get me started on the other American Tails films after this. The colors are bright. The special effects are nice, the train action was intense. The film plot doesn't get you very emotionally invested in what's happening, especially compared to the first movie. It's pretty so so. While the original is more like an artwork movie, this one is closer to being a cartoon movie. It's a notch down, but still worth all the praises. I adored the singing of the film better than the original. There wasn't that annoying child voice singing in the film, but more beautiful quality singing adult sounding voice. I loved watching the Dreams to Dream sequence with Fievel's sister Tanya. They sure sexed up Tanya's image a lot from the first movie and probably turned a legion of males into furries. James Horner's score is breath taking as well. It's give you that huge Western feel to the film. I forgotten just how funny this movie was for me as a kid. Nothing beats the lazy eye sequence. Don Deluise is just funny as hell, anything he says in the film just makes me laugh. I'm glad they could bring the original cast back for the most part but whole thing, the plot, the characters, etc. seemed a lot more childish. Somehow I've always enjoyed this one more than its predecessor. I can easily admit the first movie is the superior one, but this one always did a better job of putting a smile on my face

morgan spreeman what?. . . isn't it obvious?sure its a mouse sure it got a tail but from Russia? or lets say at its time both 1st and 2nd part Russia(USSR)for me its pure subliminal propaganda not even subliminal as its the main title but that area the USA did a lot to put the soviets(Russia) in a dark corner and plant them selfs as the almighty freedom lover when most people don't even know what freedom means i find it disturbing to see the title saying "an American Tail" as if Russia is the tail of America (main char of this film is a USSR(Russian)citizen in a mouse suit) historically USA don't even reach the toes of Russia very insulting title and so obvious (an American TAIL)<- Original title why not (an American TALE) this is the reason why i write this "review" very disturbing if u ask me and im not even Russian nor American. note to the professor check out the movies from 85-95 its everywhere anti Russian propaganda by America/Hollywood have this in mind before u jugde an American movie in the end its a good cartoon any child would appreciate it no doubh :) Thanks for reading Much Love!

directorstouch Growing up, I must have seen An American Tail and feivel Goes West a million times. Recently, I got the DVD in a fit of nostalgia and found that I still knew every line from both movies. But while the first movie is well done and rather dark, this movie is much more lighthearted and has some incredibly amusing moments.The pace is that of a children's movie. I will admit, not a lot of time is spent on atmosphere an the tone of the movie is constantly shifting from serious/sinister (ie. Feivel gets picked up by a Hawk) to goofy (said hawk gets blasted from the sky in a shower of feathers by teeny mouse natives).But despite its pacing, it is quite entertaining. Dom DeLuise is hysterical and really develops a character in this movie. He does the prissy city cat learning to be a frontier dog so well. The animation is much crisper than the first.The song 'Dreams to Dream' caught me off guard. When I was little, I loved the song because it was cute, but watching it again, this song is really an amazing song. Much more emotional and gripping than 'My Heart Will Go On' (another James Horner single). It has that kind of epic, romance novel feel that 'I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You' had (yet another James Horner single from The Mask of Zorro). The Linda Ronstadt version is OK, but the orchestral movie version with Tanya singing is really fantastic.John Cleese is wonderful as he always is. Cat R. Waul's fate is classic. His attempts to remain aloof and aristocratic, but his catlike tendency to completely overreact and lose his cool when caught off guard shines through perfectly.James Stewart is great and has some really great moments. His dry, sardonic wit shows through in a lot of scenes that I completely missed as a kid. "I never taught him that..." when Tiger sweeps Miss Kitty off her feet and the pair vanishes off screen.Kids will love this and parents won't be bored watching it with their kids. Entertaining, brief and a lot of fun.

MovieAddict2016 I enjoyed the original "American Tail" movie because of its appeal towards adults as well as children (it uses mice and cats as a metaphor for the Jews and Germans during WWII, with immigrants fleeing to the US). However the dark edge of the movie was a bit too much for me and I felt as a children's tale it was probably a bit too scary.Don Bluth returned in '91 to film the sequel to his last hit, this one a satire of the westerns. Fievel the mischievous mouse returns as his parents are shipping off to Green River to escape the cats, led by Cat R. Wall (voiced by John Cleese).Along the way a spider (voiced by Jon Lovitz) tries to kill Fievel and he falls off the train, into the desert, where he pines for his feline friend from the first film (voiced by Dom DeLuise).Eventually Fievel finds his way out of the desert and finds a dog-sheriff (voiced by Jimmy Stewart) who decides to help train him so that he can fight off Cat R. Wall, who has moved out west to spread his reign of terror.I enjoy this movie more than the first one because it's not as dark (something I just have a problem with in a kid's movie). The satire isn't as strong and the whole WWII edge is lost but it still retains the cats vs. mice, which is a nice element.The animation in my opinion is more classical and the musical sequences are more lively. The voice talents are far more impressive and I love Jimmy Stewart and John Cleese in this movie - talk about great casting! Overall this is better than the original and it surprises me that more people don't actually know about it. As a nice little family adventure film it's pretty entertaining and in terms of animation it represents everything Don Bluth is known for.