Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective

Pros: very endearing characters, particularly Dawson

Cons: a few scary parts

The Bottom Line: A great Disney adventure in the tradition of Sherlock Holmes, this is a film the kids are sure to enjoy.

Review: As I recall, this is the first movie I ever saw in the theater. This was a great experience for me, and I probably would have been impressed no matter what the movie was. But this particular film happened to be Disney's The Great Mouse Detective,...

Pros: great storyline, fantastic characterisations, scene stealing turn by Vincent Price

Cons: not available in widescreen

The Bottom Line: If Holmes had been a mouse, this is what one of his cases would have been like!

Review: ~~~Background~~~ Unknown to many, in 1986 Walt Disney was reeling from a lacklustre box office performance from their last release, The Black Cauldron, and were in serious discussions about the future, or lack of, for their animation department. ...

Pros: Great family show, right up there with any of the Disney classics

Cons: none

The Bottom Line: Great for kids, families. I would recommend this to anyone anytime.

Review: In some ways I have never grown up. Ok, maybe a lot of ways, and liking cartoons is one of them. I still love to sit and watch "Tom and Jerry," "Looney Toons," and every time Disney comes out with a new animated feature, I hit the theatres. But I don't ...

Pros: Fun and exciting

Cons: Not terribly deep

Review: I'm happy to be the first person to review Disney's The Great Mouse Detective. This animated movie takes a few traditional Disney themes, namely the good guy fighting the bad guy, and gives them a unique spin, which makes for an animated movie that's...

Pros: Absolutely EVERYTHING!

Cons: ummm...

Review: The Great Mouse Detective is a great movie that I've loved ever since I was little. My father saw a pre veiwing when he was in college and thought it was fantastic. As do I. The story is set in London where a toymaker, Mr. Flaversham is taken by an ...

Pros: Good story and good animation.

Cons: Average backgrounds mean a slightly hollow feel.

The Bottom Line: A fine animated film, part of an upturn in Disney fortunes.

Review: The scene opens with a card that says "London, 1897." We look upon the Victorian, gas-lit scene, and focus down to street level...low street level. Inside a small toy shop, we see two mice. The father gives his little daughter a birthday present, a ...

Pros: Cute parody of Sherlock Holmes

Cons: Drinking, dance hall girls, smoking, and violence

The Bottom Line: The Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective is contains violence, drinking, smoking and murder and should not be viewed by younger children without adult supervision.

Review: When I was growing up, one of the television stations had reruns of old black and white Sherlock Holmes movies with Basil Rathbone. I was always enchanted with the way that Sherlock Holmes always figured out the mystery.

So, when Walt Disney...

Pros: Cute play on the Sherlock Holmes series by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Cons: Weird goblin henchman, gangster underworld portrayed too graphically

The Bottom Line: This film offers some good animation and effects, and the story is cute overall. But a demonic critter and his evil employer's lifestyle pretty much ruin this.

Review: My two boys recently discovered this Disney film hidden in the recesses of our video collection. I had forgotten it was even there. The box is long lost -- it was handed down from my brother's kids. It seems to be the film of the week with my...