Reception
An American Tail has grossed up to $47 million in the United States and $84 million worldwide.
As of March 2012, review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 68% of critics have given the film a positive review, based on 25 reviews, certifying it "Fresh", with an average rating of 6.2/10. However, it holds a 33% "Rotten" score by the website's "top critics".
The staff of Halliwell's Film Guide gave it one star out of four. " expensive cartoon feature," they wrote, " not much in the way of narrative interest or indeed humor." Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film two stars out of four, calling it a "dark and gloomy story," adding that "only a few children will understand or care that the Mousekewitzes are Jewish." Vincent Canby of the New York Times gave the film two stars out of five, calling the film "witless if well-meaning." An American Tail and several other films directed by Bluth have since developed a cult following.
- American Film Institute Lists
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- Somewhere Out There - Nominated
- AFI's 10 Top 10 - Nominated Animated Film
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