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Fantasia 2000
EMAILPRINTBuena Vista Pictures

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 27 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 4 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Musical
Written by:
Hans Christian Andersen
Carl Fallberg
Irene Mecchi
Perce Pearce
Directed by:
James Algar
Gaƫtan Brizzi
Paul Brizzi
Hendel Butoy
Release Date:
Theatrical: January 1, 2000
DVD: November 14, 2000
Running Time: 75 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: G for General Audiences
Starring Steve Martin, Itzhak Perlman, Quincy Jones, Bette Midler, and James Earl Jones
Walt Disney's dream of creating a "concert film" with a perpetually changing musical repertoire is at last realized with the debut of the animated extravaganza, Fantasia/2000. (Walt Disney Pictures)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Miami Herald Howard Cohen
It's so rare to be swept away by a presentation of this magnitude. By all means, go.
TNT RoughCut Christopher Brandon
Walt would be proud.
New York Post Lou Lumenick
More than lives up to its clever positioning as the first movie of the new millennium.
USA Today Susan Wloszczyna
Still a one-of-a-kind mind-blower.
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
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.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
Though not as good or as massively innovative as its predecessor, is still a mountainous undertaking.
Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Although it's less novel and feisty than the original "Fantasia" of 1940, this collection of music-filled animations is highly entertaining at times.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Jay Carr
A solid two-bagger, not a home run.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Paula Nechak
Lacks the cohesive flow of "Fantasia" and suffers from an attention deficit that seems to mark and flaw our current fast-paced technological era.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Like the original "Fantasia's" eight segments, the results are a mixed bag.
Read Full Review >Mr. Showbiz F. X. Feeney
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.
New York Daily News Jack Mathews
Whether it's any good depends on your expectations.
Read Full Review >Film.com John Hartl
For all its flaws, Fantasia 2000 is certainly something to see.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
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.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Desson Thomson
Then as now, visually pleasant and (of course) musically wonderful but, all-in-all, a mixed bag.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Ella Taylor
What's missing from Fantasia 2000 is the shamelessly pandering Disney cutesy that made the original such a full-blooded nostalgic memory.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Desmond Ryan
It musters both the merits and the drawbacks of the landmark original.
The New York Times Stephen Holden
Not especially innovative in its look or subject matter.
Read Full Review >Variety Todd McCarthy
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.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector
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."
Read Full Review >Village Voice Jessica Winter
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.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Charles Taylor
There's some sort of gross egotism involved in linking great music to visuals that are so unabashedly kitschy.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.2 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
JJ H. gave it a7:
The movie had good animation, I think they shoudn't of had to make a sequel of the original Fantasia movie.
Pat C. gave it a 4:
No desire to see it again. The original was much more compelling.
Gilbert M. gave it an 8:
I hated it then and I hate it now. But that's me. I can still see that it's great, a wonderfully well made animation set to some of the greatest music ever. Just keep it the hell away from me.
