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Fantasia 2000
Buena Vista Pictures
MPAA 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)
| 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: |
DVD: November 14, 2000
Video: November 14, 2000
Theatrical: January 1, 2000
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
75 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

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...
100
Miami Herald
Howard Cohen
It's so rare to be swept away by a presentation of this magnitude. By all means, go.
90
TNT RoughCut
Christopher Brandon
Walt would be proud.
88
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
More than lives up to its clever positioning as the first movie of the new millennium.
88
USA Today
Susan Wloszczyna
Still a one-of-a-kind mind-blower.
75
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.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Bob Graham
A millennial medley to the max.

75
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
Though not as good or as massively innovative as its predecessor, is still a mountainous undertaking.
75
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.

75
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
State-of-the-art.

75
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
A solid two-bagger, not a home run.
75
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.

70
Film.com
Gemma Files
Expertly done, and a real joy to watch.

70
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Like the original "Fantasia's" eight segments, the results are a mixed bag.

67
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Better in theory than in practice.

67
Entertainment Weekly
Bruce Fretts
Oh well, back to the drawing board.

67
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.
63
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Whether it's any good depends on your expectations.

60
Film.com
John Hartl
For all its flaws, Fantasia 2000 is certainly something to see.

60
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.

50
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Then as now, visually pleasant and (of course) musically wonderful but, all-in-all, a mixed bag.

50
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.

50
Philadelphia Inquirer
Desmond Ryan
It musters both the merits and the drawbacks of the landmark original.
50
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
Not especially innovative in its look or subject matter.

50
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.

40
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."

40
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.

30
Salon.com
Charles Taylor
There's some sort of gross egotism involved in linking great music to visuals that are so unabashedly kitschy.


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