Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Stometer Save your money for something good and enjoyable

VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

datautisticgamer-74853 As with yet another boring day without school or early activities, I made the decision to view a Blu-ray copy of this film that, as with its prequel, was brought to me as a gift from my loving brother. I made it my choice since I had An American Tail in mind from the previous day, and so viewing this today would make some of the continuity more memorable. So why do I think this movie is an improvement, if slightly?I found that the story was a tad more engaging in this film. Sure, it doesn't have the epic prospects of immigration or dealing with topics such as cultural appropriation, but I found no glaring writing errors or problems with continuity. It continues to offer some great action and passable jokes (aside from Wylie's occasional crudity), and that's good enough for at least me. It does have Native stereotypes, continues to have abrupt cutaways, and has some rather questionable lines regarding a god vs. dog transformation, so while it's more polished, it continues to have some issues. Given the 5-year gap, the animation was overall upgraded, which is unfortunately more than can be said of many other animated movie sequels. It continues to make the action appear menacing and keep it cartoony enough to make the gags more than worthy of a few chuckles. The environments, owing to the more light-hearted nature of this film, are generally more vibrant. Sure, it isn't eye candy or overall blowout like in Beauty and the Beast, but it offers little distractions from what is meant to be seen. I feel like the characters are a bit of the same, though, since both Mama and Papa Mousekewitz don't have much importance other than being Fievel's social guides, Yasha is still not that meaningful aside from a visual diversion, and Fievel is still bold and at times foolish. I also felt like parts of the film focused way more on Tiger than on Fievel, but since they took time to develop his previously hollow character, I felt fine with Tiger being the de facto lead in the latter half. The new characters are less developed than they are just fun to witness, like Waul and Chula. Probably my choice for biggest improvement, however, would be the music. In the first An American Tail, I found the numbers somewhat tolerable, but mostly approaching gritting with how high the voices went. Here, I found Tanya's voice to be actually really beautiful, and the other songs were delightful to hear in general. Granted, they're still not that memorable, but they're easier to hear compared to the previous songs (including the previous version of Somewhere Out There).If you were a fan of the first movie, it's pretty much a coin flip. You'll either appreciate its new direction, slightly more polished writing, and better character development for Tiger, or you'll dislike its light-hearted turn and its removal of Bridget and Tony. For casual movie-goers, it could pretty much go the same way as well. Families will likely enjoy this movie more because of its humor, more vibrant animation, and catchy songs. Sure, its story isn't as fundamentally composite, but when the viewing experience is fun, it feels as though it doesn't need to be. It beats out many other animation sequels and even some films Don Bluth himself actually contributed to, so it makes a nice alternative for those who want to start a Bluth collection but are afraid of having to ask for the worst of his movies. If parents can get by the same drinking, smoking, and sporadic crudity, then the family could very well have a blast watching this movie.

VelvetOctopusProductions I wasn't a huge fan of the original 'An American Tail', but with my curiosity for animated films, I took a look at the sequel, the film I'm reviewing now.All the voice actors are back, the music, the animation looks pretty damn similar too, but one thing is gone, the director. Don Bluth was replaced by Simon Wells, in his directorial debut. As someone who finds Simon Wells' films to be enjoyable but not top notch (especially in the writing department), this is exactly what we get here.Many people will complain that there are very few plot similarities to the original, this is true, the film's plot is nothing like the original, which I thought was a good thing in my opinion.The characters I found to be much more memorable compared to the original, including the villain, played by John Cleese. Dom DeLuise returns as tiger and is much more funny and less annoying than in the original. Feivel the mouse continues to have a lack of a real character but I still thought he was an improvement to the original, possibly because of his maturing voice actor.The film does not contain nearly the same dark elements as the original, but in my opinion, is more funnier and more fun. The songs are either catchy or not at all, the films signature song 'Dreams to Dream', is as good or possibly better as the original's 'Somewhere out there'. The score by James Horner is a treat, just like the original.All real complaints come from the writing, there are small plot holes, a pointless subplot revolving around Feival's sister Tanya, and sometimes the plot seems a little too convenient.Kids will probably like the film, fans of the original may or may not, I personally rate it lower than the original, but by not too much.

mrpipe182 I have seen this film as a trillion times by TV and the truth I never get bored of see it. I think it is brilliant and is one of my favorite sequels, the story is really entertaining from the beginning to the finish. In this second part The Mousewith Family has already succeeded in establishing his new home in New York, after the occurred events in the first film, but the problem is that the dad is not very satisfied with the quality of life they have there, and later to escape a dangerous hunting by cats, they come floating through a tin of sardines to the sewer where they to buy some tickets to live in the west where supposedly cats and mice live together in harmony.Inside the train, Fievel hears some cat's voices in the other wagon and he goes to investigate.Inside, he found that when they reach their destination cats become all mice in mouse hamburgers.Then he decides to save his family and others from certain death.I have seen all the films from An American tail and they are all very interesting and fun but this is my favorite of all. I think that this movie is really great,His songs, the characters, everything is great, but above all his songs. I love the song: dream to dream singed by Tanya, powerful and beauty at the same time.the one thing that i don't liked from this second part was the little change was that the design of the characters and the final battle was a little short, but all the other things are awesome.In conclusion, I would like to comment that after seeing so many times the four films from An American Tale Have helped me to create my own version, as I already have 30 minutes he he he and the truth is quite interesting and fun.bye

Catherine_Grace_Zeh If you ask me, this is an excellent sequel for all ages that will warm your heart! When Tiger (voice of Dom DeLuise) got dumped, I wanted to cry. Although some of the characters were diabolical, I liked everybody. Well, it's hard to say which character was my favorite. If I had to choose, I'd probably choose Tiger, although the mice were good too. The music was good, everyone was cast perfectly, and the direction was flawless. In conclusion, I highly recommend this excellent sequel for all ages that will warm your heart to anyone who hasn't seen it. You're in for a real treat and a good time, so go to the video store, rent it or buy it, kick back with someone close to you, and watch it.