Fantasia 2000 is a story of big swings and common misses leading to a disappointing return for the series.

| Dec 15, 2023

While this update is still a masterful achievement of sound in animation, it doesn't quite match the power of the first feature.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Sep 29, 2020

If "Fantasia" represents the "2001: A Space Odyssey" of Disney animation, consider "Fantasia 2000" its "2010" - a workmanlike sequel that still has stunning moments but hardly approaches its forefather.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 6, 2020

It's a clip show not a concert.

| Original Score: D | May 7, 2019

balance in animation styles

| Original Score: B | Sep 20, 2013

Overall, though, I didn't find it particularly satisfying

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 23, 2011

Although magnificent and filled with imagination, Fantasia 2000 doesn't hold up as being particularly ground-breaking or innovative.

| Dec 25, 2010

Delightful, but may scare more sensitive kids.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 24, 2010

A worthy successor to the original concept, allowing the next generation of animation talent to cut loose. [Blu-ray]

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 10, 2010

A lightweight affair... Despite some momentary flashes of brilliance, this is no successor to the great Fantasia.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Dec 5, 2009

The rest of these animated sequences depend on gimmickry, cuteness, or facile ideology.

| Nov 16, 2009

...8 beautifully animated segments that bring “Fantasia” into a new millennium and a new generation of viewers. You may not recognize every piece, but you’re sure to enjoy every tragic and comic moment of the year’s best animated feature.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 18, 2008

Fantasia/2000 will no doubt become a Disney perennial, but that does not by definition make it a classic.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 18, 2008

It provides some fine artists the chance to stretch and frolic, even as it reminds today's audiences of animation's limitless borders.

| Sep 7, 2008

Like its predecessor, Fantasia 2000 offers a plotless string of beautifully animated vignettes set to music; unlike its predecessor, it's a good deal shorter and far less tedious for it.

| Sep 7, 2008

This new installment perhaps aims slightly lower than the original.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 14, 2007

This new Fantasia corrects some of the flaws of the old movie, but generates some new flaws of its own.

| Feb 24, 2006

This must be the most belated sequel the movies have produced.

| Jan 26, 2006

The IMAX presentation of this millennial sequel is a welcome addition to the family, though it seems to lack the heart of the original.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 6, 2005

A roller-coaster ride of energy, utilizing incredible animated imagery, elegant classical music and state-of-the-art technology.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | May 14, 2003