Anastasia details
| Formats: | U DVD, Blu-ray |
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| Starring: | Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Christopher Lloyd, Angela Lansbury, Hank Azaria |
| Directors: | Don Bluth, Gary Goldman |
| Genres: | Animated, Children - Animated/Cartoon |
| Studio: | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Collections: | Kids Favourites |
| Name | Discs | |
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Anastasia |
U Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 31 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 19 Jul 2003 |
| Main languages: | English |
| Subtitles: | Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish |
| Hearing impaired subtitles: | English |
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SUPERB FILM!
By a customer from NEWCASTLE , 27 Jun 2004[Highly rated reviewer]
I have seen many great versions of ' Anastasia' like the Ingrid Bergman one, for example. but this animated version is a must see. Basically it starts with a party at the Tsar & Tasarina's russian Winter Palace. the party is ruined by corrupt monk Rasputin{voiced by Christopher Lloyd}who falls through the ice. but returns from the dead with his white fruit bat sidekick Bartok{voiced by Hank Azaria}. basically Anastasia is one of many of the Princesses of Russia. she forgets who is she is and goes by the name ' Anya' and is destined for Paris where she hopes to be reunited with her family. What then occurs is Anastasia{voiced by Meg Ryan} joins forces with con artist Dimitri { John Cusack} who she dose she know is actually using her to make money out of an Anastasia lookalike. oh, Dimitri has his own best buddie named Vlad{voiced by Frasier's Kelsey Grammer.}
i could go on forever with how great this film is. Angela Lansbury has a lovely voice as Anastia's Grandmother.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(14)As good as Disney
By 247 (17 reviews) , 26 Apr 2013I thought this film was a really worthy competitor for Disney (please note it is NOT a Disney film as some reviews would sagest). It is also NOT a history lesson. It is a really well made family film full of all the magic one usually only gets from Disney.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Anastasia 1997
By tazza1 (13 reviews) from Liverpool , 01 Oct 2010we did not enjoy this film as much as most disney films. It was very slow to start. My children were very bored by the end.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Historically bad
By Zentron (20 reviews) from Manchester , 29 Sep 2010I have seen many bad Disney animated movies (basically all of them) this has to be one of the worst. Not only does this movie follow their insanely obnoxious 'song-and-dance' dance routine, they even managed to make it worse.
The story is well out of the way from the historical Russian events, taking the story into the supernatural, which was a bad idea from the start. If only the writer had tried to stick with the historic story, this would have been a much more entertaining movie.
So story-wise, it's abominable, the song and dance scenes, do follow the tradition of Disney's usual animated flicks, but they do get in the way of the story and often slow it to a crawl. The character designs are quite dull, even by Disney standards, the winged rat creature is annoying as hell and the dog, should have been shot. The animation as well, is rather poor, glitchy in most places and not very smooth.
When we finally get to see the demise of the 'baddy' (not sure if that is accurate, as he is more of an annoyance really), it is just so short and unimpressive, you find yourself thinking, 'What was the point of that?', though you also end up thinking the same when the movie ends too.
Managed to watch it three times since I bought it those may years ago, with the third time being for the purpose of this mini review, but with each time finding more things to hate about this, pointless attempt to go, a bit darker than normal.
If you want a good family movie, get another, as this is one movie than should be left, to the pages of history.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Great Family Film
By a customer from England , 25 Aug 2010Perfect family film - some scary bits, good songs, really interesting story. I'm not sure about how true to history it is but they made it sound believable which is good enough for me. My five year old daughter enjoyed this although she was happy to only watch it once !- Was this review helpful to you?
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history in a cartoon
By Sprouler (40 reviews) from Westhill , 11 May 2010was great to get a russian history lesson in a cartoon - ideal for kids and adults alike. always loved meg ryan - although her lips are a bit pouty now adays.- Was this review helpful to you?
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