Metascore
59 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 27 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 27
  2. Negative: 1 out of 27
  1. 100
    It's so rare to be swept away by a presentation of this magnitude. By all means, go.
  2. Walt would be proud.
  3. 88
    More than lives up to its clever positioning as the first movie of the new millennium.
  4. 88
    Still a one-of-a-kind mind-blower.
  5. 75
    Movies like this renew my faith that the future of the cinema lies not in the compromises of digital projection, but by leaping over the limitations of digital into the next generation of film technology.
  6. Though not as good or as massively innovative as its predecessor, is still a mountainous undertaking.
  7. Although it's less novel and feisty than the original "Fantasia" of 1940, this collection of music-filled animations is highly entertaining at times.
  8. A millennial medley to the max.
  9. Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    75
    A solid two-bagger, not a home run.
  10. Lacks the cohesive flow of "Fantasia" and suffers from an attention deficit that seems to mark and flaw our current fast-paced technological era.
  11. 70
    Like the original "Fantasia's" eight segments, the results are a mixed bag.
  12. Reviewed by: Gemma Files
    70
    Expertly done, and a real joy to watch.
  13. 67
    The good news is that they've resurrected a franchise with wonderful potential and may eventually grow bored enough of recapping past triumphs to take it in more daring directions.
  14. Better in theory than in practice.
  15. Oh well, back to the drawing board.
  16. Whether it's any good depends on your expectations.
  17. Reviewed by: John Hartl
    60
    For all its flaws, Fantasia 2000 is certainly something to see.
  18. Grainy as it looks in its massive Imax blowup, Mickey's misadventures with water and a broom still have the kind of magic even modern technology can't always manage.
  19. It musters both the merits and the drawbacks of the landmark original.
  20. 50
    What's missing from Fantasia 2000 is the shamelessly pandering Disney cutesy that made the original such a full-blooded nostalgic memory.
  21. Not especially innovative in its look or subject matter.
  22. Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    50
    Like a light buffet of tasty morsels rather than a full and satisfying meal; all the episodes are more or less agreeable, but as a whole it lacks a knockout punch, one dynamite sequence that will galvanize viewers.
  23. Then as now, visually pleasant and (of course) musically wonderful but, all-in-all, a mixed bag.
  24. 40
    Arriving just after the best year for animated film in recent memory, Fantasia 2000 doesn't play like a celebration. In its sentimental yearning for a golden age when another one's upon us, it feels a little like a rebuke.
  25. 40
    The rest of these animated sequences...depend on gimmickry, cuteness, or facile ideology, and don't come close to demonstrating the complex relationship between sound and image found in "The Sorcerer's Apprentice."
  26. 30
    There's some sort of gross egotism involved in linking great music to visuals that are so unabashedly kitschy.
User Score

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. JJH.
    7
    The movie had good animation, I think they shoudn't of had to make a sequel of the original Fantasia movie.