We've come to expect and we get spectacular animation but the lack of originality and drama in this anemic cartoon is palpable.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 6, 2024

A passable clone, but for all its technical accomplishments, a movie that does not have the magic.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 10, 2023

Anastasia is another of Don Bluth’s attempts to wrest control of the genre that remains inferior in nearly every way, except one.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 23, 2022

The world of “Anastasia” seems well-developed and lived-in. There’s a sense of realism contained in the film’s scenery.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | May 3, 2022

It's unable to reach the level of emotional resonance that Disney's string of '90s pictures so masterfully obtained.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Sep 9, 2020

As a triumphant return to form after a string of failures, it stands as one of Bluth's finest works.

| Original Score: 8/10 | May 10, 2020

Overall, Anastasia ends up being a very entertaining animated film.

| Original Score: B | Apr 19, 2019

It is a film that leaves us with an optimistic, albeit somewhat corny, message; love is the most important thing there is, be it familial, romantic or platonic...

| Aug 24, 2018

Flawed but not fatally, this ambitious epic's strength lies not just with its haunting melodies, pretty pictures, star voices and kid-friendly sidekicks... What gives Anastasia its edge is that most elusive of ingredients, an emotionally gripping script.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 9, 2018

Anastasia is OK entertainment. But it never reaches a level of emotional magic.

| Jan 5, 2018

| Original Score: B- | Sep 7, 2011

It's Bluth and company's skill as artists, as well as some of the better celebrity voice casting in an animated movie of the 1990s, that give Anastasia its merit.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jan 22, 2011

Beautiful, not factual depiction of missing Russian duchess.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 21, 2010

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Oct 18, 2008

This enchanting fairy-tale, the first release from Fox Animation Studios, is pure family entertainment.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 18, 2008

There is much for tots to enjoy: decent songs, an amusing script and some surprisingly imaginative animation.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 1, 2008

An ambitious, serious but not particularly stimulating musical feature that unconvincingly attempts to graft warm and cuddly family-film motifs onto turbulent aspects of modern history and mythology.

Full Review | Sep 1, 2008

It does veer horribly towards the sentimental at times, but still provides proof positive that other people can do cartoons too.

| Sep 1, 2008

I have nothing but superlatives for this, a most phenomenal film.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Mar 13, 2006

...it's the typical boy-meets-girl-boy-annoys-girl-boy-and-girl-snipe-at-each-other-as-a-disguise-for-being-fond-of-each-other relationship.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 6, 2006