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Great Mouse Detective, The (1986) Rank 3 Reviews
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kids-in-mind
Disney film, about an animated Sherlock Holmes (a mouse called Basil) who clashes with villainous Professor Ratigan. ...read the complete Great Mouse Detective movie review at kids-in-mind
DVD Review e-zine
fans and it's certainly true that no real classics emerged during that period. Still, a fair number of highly entertaining films are included in that eclectic mix. Such is the case with 1986's "The Great Mouse Detective. ...read the complete Great Mouse Detective movie review at DVD Review e-zine
At-A-Glance Film Reviews (--)
One of the better later Disney features before the "come back" made with The Little Mermaid. This story follows the efforts of a Sherlock Holmes-type mouse to track down and capture his Moriarty-type arch nemesis. Good fun adventure for the young and ...read the complete Great Mouse Detective movie review at At-A-Glance Film Reviews (--)
New York Times (Nina Darnton)
MANY of the new crop of children's animated movies are so saturated with powdered sugar that one suspects just watching them will produce cavities. What a treat it is to see an animated feature that doesn't moralize or patronize young children, or drown ...read the complete Great Mouse Detective movie review at New York Times (Nina Darnton)
StaciWilson.com (Staci Layne Wilson)
It's 1897 in foggy old London , and eminent - albeit diminutive - mouse detective Basil (he resides just below 221 Baker Street , the residence of a certain prestigious human detective) is hot on the case when a toy-maker named Hiram Flaversham (Alan ...read the complete Great Mouse Detective movie review at StaciWilson.com (Staci Layne Wilson)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Philosophers have the notion of parallel universes - whole worlds that exist right next to our own, but in a different dimension, so that we can't see them, even while our actions are ...read the complete Great Mouse Detective movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Movie Habit (Andrea Birgers)
Another feature is a sing-along for "The World's Greatest Criminal Mind," a song in praise of Ratigan. Highlighting this feature on the menu plays the scene with the words and bouncing ball at the bottom of the screen. ...read the complete Great Mouse Detective movie review at Movie Habit (Andrea Birgers)
DVD Talk (Aaron Beierle)
"Great Mouse Detective" may not be one of the more widely-known of Disney's feature animation films, but it's still quite a fun little adventure of a picture, with great characters, nice animation and personality to spare. Disney's DVD is on the ...read the complete Great Mouse Detective movie review at DVD Talk (Aaron Beierle)
Time Out (--)
Animated feature from Disney in which the one true rival to the old coke-fiend lives down in the basement of 221b Baker Street. Basil, like his alter ego, plays the violin; he also has his Moriarty, in the shape of the magnificent Professor Ratigan, a ...read the complete Great Mouse Detective movie review at Time Out (--)
filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
A lesser-known entry in the world of Disney animation -- but an endearing one nonetheless -- The Great Mouse Detective is based on the children's book Basil of Baker Street, in turn a kid-ification of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries, with a ...read the complete Great Mouse Detective movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Ultimate Guide to Disney DVD
If someone were to ask me what the most underrated Disney animated film was, I would instantly say The Great Mouse Detective. In fact, I'd say its one of the most underrated films I've ever seen. ...read the complete Great Mouse Detective movie review at Ultimate Guide to Disney DVD
Teen Movie Critic (Roger Davidson)
A fine animated piece (and one of the few diamonds in the rough, during one of Disney's dark periods), this spoof of Sherlock Holmes (based on the book, Basil of Baker Street) follows the adventures of a Holmes-type mouse, as he tries to foil the plots ...read the complete Great Mouse Detective movie review at Teen Movie Critic (Roger Davidson)
DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
The mouse has always been good to Disney, and Disney has always been good to mice. Mickey may not be the star of Disney's 1986 animated film, "The Great Mouse Detective," but a horde of Mickey's rodent relatives inhabit the world of Sherlock Holmesian ...read the complete Great Mouse Detective movie review at DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
...intended mainly for kids, most audiences, young and old, will get a kick out of it. ...the film is entertaining in its own low-key manner. ...read the complete Great Mouse Detective movie review at DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
DVD Verdict (Dan Mancini)
Based on the Basil of Baker Street book series by Eve Titus and Paul Galdone, 1986's The Great Mouse Detective is a lesser-known gem from Disney's vault of animated features. Co-directed by Burny Mattison and David Michener, who had collaborated on the ...read the complete Great Mouse Detective movie review at DVD Verdict (Dan Mancini)
Reel.com
Disney fans will want to add The Great Mouse Detective to their library if for no other reason than it was the first time the studio blended computer-generated images and hand-drawn animation. It was also a first for Vincent Price, who had never before ...read the complete Great Mouse Detective movie review at Reel.com
DVD MovieGuide
After the disastrous The Black Cauldron in 1985, Disney's animation division wobbled on the ropes. ...read the complete Great Mouse Detective movie review at DVD MovieGuide
The Spinning Image (Graeme Clark)
The year is 1897, and one night in a mouse's toyshop, Mr Flaversham (Alan Young) the toymaker is presenting his daughter Olivia (Susanne Pollatschek) with a new clockwork toy for her birthday. Suddenly, there is a rattling of the front door handle and ...read the complete Great Mouse Detective movie review at The Spinning Image (Graeme Clark)
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