mjsflayhan Reviews

An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (1998 Video)

Still sticking to a good formula!

[7/10 · 22 February 2007]

I last saw this movie about a year or 2 ago but, I still remember most of it. My sister use to want to rent this most of the time and we usually did get it and she loved cholena. Though this movie is certainly not as good as the first 2 it certainly still had the morals and values of the others. This one takes place before Fievel and his family move out west and Fievel and his friend Tony Befriend an Indian girl named Cholena. Cholena and her family are hunted down and go back into hiding (they lived underground)and fievel learns a lesson by the end. These movies are not as well animated and may not have as good a score and songs as the first but, it's a sequel. I've always said that The American tail series has something that Disney never had. They can relate to real life because it's based on real events (the first one anyway)and they teach children that things aren't perfect but, you can make a difference. This one has stuck to that very not-to-preachy-but- still-educational formula and Fievel is still that cute little Jewish mouse *who does not live in a castle!* but on the streets of Manhattan with is over-sized hat. I totally recommend this movie! I'm going to show the whole series to my cousin whom thinks she so cool because she watches Hanna Montana. She's only 7. When I was 7 I was watching this and It turns out I'm one of the most educated and understanding teenagers in my class. So please let your children watch this and not Hanna Montana. Let them know even a curious immigrant little mouse can make a difference and so can they. This may sound silly because it's only a movie but, Watching the An American tail series is actually healthy, including it's sequels!

Fievel's American Tails (1992)

Not too bad, Not as good as the movies but, I like it!

[8/10 · 31 January 2007]

I have only seen two episodes of this series but, so far it's pretty good! This show was canceled before it got a chance. This series follows the adventures of fievel and tiger, the cat, out west. (following "An American tail"'s sequel "fievel goes West")fievel encounters mischief and the evil doings of Cat R. Waul and Chula (from "fievel goes west"). Fievel's little baby sister, Yasha, finally gets noticed in this series and there are new characters too. Anyway at the moment I'm on a fievel fixation but, putting that aside I would still say this is a pretty good show and you should give it a chance! P.S.: those looking for tony and Bridget might be disappointed cuz tony's only in one episode and Bridget *and* their baby from the second film are no where to be found. Well you should still try it especially if your An American tail fan!