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An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
Family · Animation · Adventure · 1998
Fievel and his friend Tony Toponi find a map that they believe points to a treasure buried somewhere beneath Old New York, and the plucky rodent is determined to find it. However, what he discovers under the city is a tribe of Native American mice who were driven underground by prejudiced European immigrants.
Movie details
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
“Meet Fievel. In his search to find his family, he discovered America.”
1998 Family · Animation · Adventure 1h 18m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
5.9 / 10
1.7K votes
TMDB
6.3 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
Fievel and his friend Tony Toponi find a map that they believe points to a treasure buried somewhere beneath Old New York, and the plucky rodent is determined to find it. However, what he discovers under the city is a tribe of Native American mice who were driven underground by prejudiced European immigrants.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island?
For the defence
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Larry Latham
Written by
Len Uhley
Thomas Dekker
Fievel Mousekewitz (voice)
Lacey Chabert
Tanya Mousekewitz (voice)
Nehemiah Persoff
Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
Erica Yohn
Mama Mousekewitz (voice)
D
Dom DeLuise
Tiger (voice)
E
Elaine Bilstad
Cholena (voice)
Pat Musick
Tony Toponi (voice)
Court is in session
Put An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.