An American Tail - G

Adorable, heartwarming tale of immigrant mouse.

Rating: G for general audiences Studio: Universal Pictures Directed By: Don Bluth Cast: Dom DeLuise, Christopher Plummer, John Finnegan, Phillip Glasser Running Time: 81 minutes Release Date: 11/21/1986 Genre: Family and Kids

Common Sense Note

Parents need to know that the main character, a mouse in a foreign land, gets separated from his family. He also works at a sweatshop under a menacing cat in disguise.

Families can talk about how their own ancestors came to America (or wherever else they settled) and about the immigrant experience.

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Common Sense Review

Reviewed By: Nell Minow

Feivel Mousekewitz is a little Russian mouse who emigrates to the United States with his family, after they are told that "there are no cats in America and the streets are paved with cheese." He becomes separated from his parents and sister, and is forced to work in a sweatshop by the evil Warren T. Rat (a cat in disguise). Feivel is resilient and courageous, and finds friends (including a kind cat) who help him until he finds his family. The score features the hit song, "Somewhere Out There."

One of three sequels, An American Tail: Feivel Goes West, features the voice of Jimmy Stewart as the slow-talking Sheriff Wylie Burp.

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