Anastasia (G, 1997)

I'm fourteen and i absoulutely love this movie and I watch it over and over and over! I do have some concerns about it though. The plot can be too complicated for little kids to understand and some parts can be too scary. Some of the parts are wasted on little kids. I watch it with my 5 year old brother and some parts of the movie frightened him. Still, it's a great movie! The music is fun and something you can enjoy and sing along to. Liz Callaway was perfect for Anastasias singing voice! She has such a beautiful voice and has been on broadway many times. The characters were well defined and enjoyable. Never too old to enjoy this movie!

I use to love this movie, and I still do. Me and my friend use to sing "Once Apon a December" we even wanted to make a play about it! It's a great story and it's a true story too! Well actually they just builded up on the rumar that Anastasia may have survived the revolution. I know what parents are thinking, its too scary. Yes I admit it had its moments with Respution, and Limbo was a little scary too ( fwi- Limbo is one step up from Hell ) I have no further comment on the scary parts. At least they tried to make it funny, and I loved pretty much every part of it. If you would allow me, I'll tell you guys the real story of Grand Dutchess Anastasia Nicolaevna of Russia. She was naturally a stubborn child, she had three sister's Olga, Tatiana, and Maria. She also had a little brother Alexei. Her brother, father, and three sisters were shown in Anastasia's dream. There was a Respution also, he was consittered a "Holy Man" and he loved spending time with the children. The Emporer and Emperess of Russia adord him, but some of the maids did not. They began to make up rumars about him ( which are some intent that I won't mention them here ) Later on, Respution was killed by a shot gun later on. Later on, as the children grew up, things began to get worse with the Bolshevik party. One night, the Bolshevik's took the family hostige and kept them in a basement. They were there for several months, and they didn't take it as serious as they should have. One sad day, one of the officers came in and said they would be exicuted. ( I'll spare you the details ) - you may look up the rest that I refused to tell on Wikipedia.

Let me begin by saying that this movie was very enjoyable. The music/lyrics, written by Flaherty/Ahrens, is often like listening to a Broadway show. (These writers also wrote Broadway's 1990's "Ragtime".) The voices of the singers are also from Broadway (Liz Callaway as Anastasia.)The musical numbers are all upbeat and fun. My 2 year-old loved the group numbers with all of the dancing and lots of movement on the screen. Even Rasputan's song is written to sound "happy" - somewhat like feeling of The Haunted House in Disneyworld. The plot is intriguing,and actually inspired me to find out more about this true story. Did Anastasia actually survived the execution of her entire family? I recently saw this movie at a theatre during a summer movie festival. I took my young 2 year-old and young 4 year-old to see it. Though I had seen Anastasia years ago when it was in the theatres the first time, I had forgotten all about the Villian and the opening scene. The Villian, Rasputan, is introduced in the opening scene where he puts a curse on the royal family. The family is then executed, off screen. This entire sequence can be scary for young children. Rasputan is then seen next (and throughout the movie) as a decaying body hanging in the balance between heaven/hell. (This is not specifically mentioned, but we are led to believe it.) Though it is portrayed as humorous when his whithered hand falls off, or when his little "demon/bug" friends sing "In the Dark of the Night" this can also be scary for little ones. I laughed it off with my kids so they wouldn't get upset. "Look, the silly man's hand fell off!" I found myself wide eyed as I watched those few scenes hoping my kids wouldn't freak out. They both made it through, albeit on my lap and tucked under my arm. My 2 year old sat still for 90% of it and my 4 year watched the whole thing. However, in hindsight, I probably would have waited until they were at least over 5. Use your judgement with your own kids. Mine aren't having nightmares, but if they did, I could see why! Overall, we really liked it. We are playing the soundtrack at home as a reminder of a fun day at the movies.

This is a entertaining , but somewhat scary kids movie. Rasputin is a frightening villian voiced by Christopher Lloyd (and we all know how scary he was in Who Framed Roger Rabbit). The movie is not historically acurate, but what can you expect from a Don Bluth movie. It may not hold too many children's attention, but the scenes with Bartok are very funny.

I first saw this movie when I was only 5 years old! I still watch it and love it to this very day! This movie maybe might have one or two not really scary images, but it is a really good movie.

funny and gret movie.but scary in the beginning

This is one of my favorite movies!!! I love it!!! The charicters are rich and real and the music is amazing!! But the one downer is that it's historicaly incorrect. Anastasia was 16 at the time of the Russian Revolution in 1917 and 17 when the Communtits executed her and her family in 1918. And Rasputin didn't kill the Romanovs. In fact, he wasn't even alive during the Revolution. He was killed in 1916 by a group who was loyal to the Czar. He was a Russian monk. And Rasputin was his last name, his first name was Grigori. But still a wonderful movie!!!!!!!!

this may be weird ( cause i am way past 7 yrs old) but tyhis is like my all time fav princess classics! i love it

Beautiful! I loved the movie! The only issue people should have is the villan and the scary demon things that go on. It mosty tells about a rumar about Anastasia Nicolaevna of Russia and her family being killed by the Bolshevik party, and that she excaped with her grandmother, hit her head, then lost her memory. This may be scary for young ones, so causion.