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Fantasia 2000 (1999)

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Reviews Counted:77

Fresh:63

Rotten:14

Average Rating:7/10

Runtime: 75 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Synopsis: Following in the footsteps of the 1940 Disney classic, Fantasia 2000 features seven animated short films set to classical compositions, along with the original version of "The Sorcerer's... Following in the footsteps of the 1940 Disney classic, Fantasia 2000 features seven animated short films set to classical compositions, along with the original version of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," starring Mickey Mouse. (This 2000 version also includes hosts such as Steve Martin, Quincy Jones, and Bette Midler introducing each segment.) The film opens with abstract butterfly-like creatures of light and darkness fluttering about to Beethoven's "Fifth Symphony" but quickly moves to the second sequence, featuring an adventurous baby whale and its elders floating along to "The Pines of Rome." Next is the "Rhapsody In Blue" segment, a tribute to 1930s New York City, based on the line drawings of illustrator Al Hirschfeld. The fourth piece is Hans Christian Andersen's tale of "The Steadfast Soldier" set to "Piano Concerto No. 2," followed by "The Carnival of Animals" which stars a yo-yo-wielding pink flamingo. The next two segments feature classic Disney characters; first, Mickey Mouse in the original version of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," then Donald Duck in a retelling of the Noah's Ark story set to "Pomp and Circumstance." Finally, "The Firebird" closes out the film, with a sweeping woodland story of nature's death and rebirth. With its brilliant animation, well-paced stories, and immediately engaging music, FANTASIA 2000 easily matches the wondrous spectacle of the original. [More]

Starring: Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Starring: Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Director: James Algar, Hendel Butoy, Pixote Hunt, Gaetan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi, Eric Goldberg, Francis Glebas

Director: James Algar, Hendel Butoy, Pixote Hunt, Gaetan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi, Eric Goldberg, Francis Glebas
Producer: Donald W. Ernst
Composer: Paul Dukas, Edward Elgar, George Gershwin, Ottorino Respighi, Camille Saint-Saens, Dmitri Shostakovich, Igor Stravinsky, Ludwig van Beethoven

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tomato

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.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 07 2008 10:01 AM

Channel 4 Film

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 26 2006 03:16 AM

Time Out

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Brian Sibley

It is a reminder that, after all these years, memories of the first Fantasia can still conjure magic in the mind.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 03 2002 08:35 AM

Sight and Sound

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5/5

Rich Cline

A true groundbreaker. And it's also the best IMAX movie ever made.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 10 2001 06:37 PM

Shadows on the Wall

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Lisa Alspector

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 16 2009 07:05 PM

Chicago Reader

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3.5/4

Wesley Lovell

Click to read the article

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 18 2008 04:04 AM

Oscar Guy

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3/5

Marjorie Baumgarten

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 18 2008 03:45 AM

Austin Chronicle

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Richard Corliss

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 07 2008 10:04 AM

TIME Magazine

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3/4

Joe Lozito

This new installment perhaps aims slightly lower than the original.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 14 2007 03:50 AM

Big Picture Big Sound

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 24 2006 09:28 AM

Combustible Celluloid

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4/5

Chris Gore

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 06 2005 07:49 PM

Film Threat

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3/4

Jeanne Aufmuth

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 14 2003 05:18 PM

Palo Alto Weekly

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3/5

Marjorie Baumgarten

Will no doubt become a Disney perennial, but that does not by definition make it a classic.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 10 2003 08:54 AM

Austin Chronicle

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5/5

John R. McEwen

My only complaint is that it was over too soon.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 08 2003 08:34 AM

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Wesley Morris

This stuffy sequel features seven new 'movements' and 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice,' the buzz clip from the 1940 original.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 18 2002 08:23 AM

San Francisco Examiner

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Herb Lash

In Fantasia 2000 a simple spell is rediscovered: elegant storytelling, masterful animation and timeless music make movie magic.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 17 2002 08:23 AM

Big Movie Zone

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Big mistake.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 24 2002 08:19 AM

Boston Phoenix

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Liam Lacey

As with the original Fantasia, the new film is a mixture of artistically respectable and mediocre moments, which for overall ambition and range, has no parallel in the world of contemporary animation.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 22 2002 08:19 AM

Globe and Mail

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5/10

Garth Franklin

No review available.

comment Comment | Oct., 30 2001 06:40 PM

Dark Horizons

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Charles Taylor

It's not that the images aren't pretty, or that great care hasn't gone into them -- it's that the sensibility behind them is so icky, limited in its conception of beauty to picture postcards and the sort of paintings you see in chain hotels.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 08 2001 07:43 PM

Salon.com

 
 
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