From my favorite movies..

best movie i've ever seen.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

At first, I thought the film was a very predictable "meh" film, due to the fact that it's a narrated film, some plot points were cliches like "the outcast gets to prove himself" cliche and it was uninteresting. But, when the race scene was done, I thought to myself "Oh, it's a different kind of story." After that, I started liking the film a lot more. Thanks to the film's very first scene, you already know how the story ends but some parts of acts 2 and 3 made the film unpredictable in a way. The story gripped me and I found myself caring for Balto. Also, I HATE STEELE!!!As for flaws, I did not like where the animated part of the film ended. WHERE IT ENDED, NOT THE ENDING ITSELF. Also, the voice acting, at times, was "meh."

Balto is still one of my top favorite animated cartoon movies back from the 1990s. I was born in 1992, and my mom bought the VHS copy for me when it came out in 1995, age 3. Since then I've watched it almost once or twice every year up to current 2017, age 25. As I got older, and matured, I got more of the innuendos, and that the story was based off a true story. I also noticed 2 names that I had seen 1 in movies and 1 who was a musician, when I was a teenager. One was Kevin Bacon, who voiced Balto. Second was Phil Collins, who played as Muk and Luk, the two Polar Bears. Phil is also a famous adult-contemporary singer and musician. The story now has me hooked, because I understand the story line, the animation is the classical style from the 1990s that a lot of us still watch as adults born within the 1990s, the movie had great emotional character build up between all the voices, the movie was not boring, and throws a lot of intensity at several parts. The overall story is an emotional one, but in the end it came out as a happy story, and a hero who was a wolf-dog hybrid, and a town full of sick kids who were able to get the vaccine, and get better and healed. Overall rating 9/10 Animation Style: 4 stars Storyline: 5 stars Voices performance: 5 stars

I recently found Balto and watched it as it was a film I never watched the whole way through when I was younger and when I found out about it recently and then bought the DVD I have fallen in love with it. The animation and storyline is good and I love the majority of the characters, bar Dixie, Muk and Luk. If those three weren't in it, it would be a lot greater film in my opinion but it is still a good watch. Due to being overshadowed by Toy Story this film never really took off and is not so well known but it really should be because it is a great kids film with great characters and animation and a storyline that, as well as being true, is exciting and makes this film very watchable. 8/10 :)

I was only one year old when Balto got released in theaters, but I didn't even hear about its existence until recently. I love animation, I love dogs and I felt sorry to hear that this film wasn't very popular when it was released, so I decided to watch it on DVD. What I got was an amazing, inspiring and heart warming animated film which turned out to be one of the best I've ever seen.I was surprised about how much I was connected to the main character Balto. Because he is portrayed as a husky-wolf hybrid, the people of Nome fear of him for being part-wolf, the wolf packs reject him for being part-husky and the other dogs make fun of him for it. As a result, he is an outcast who doesn't know where he belongs, and only relying on Boris, a goose who is afraid of heights to take care of him. I showed a lot of sympathy towards Balto because I've been in similar situations and seeing him being left out was very emotive.The story is loosely based on the true 1925 serum run in Alaska. A disease spreads onto the children of Nome and a snow storm cuts all transport from delivering medicine, so a team sled dogs are sent to pick it up. But poor Balto isn't allowed to help out because of his wolf heritage. When the team is reported missing, Balto sets off on a daring quest to rescue them and get them home safely. This shows how courageous and determined he is to get the medicine to the sick children. That said, he is a very caring character and thats another reason why I really liked him.There's a bit of peril and emotional moments in this film, but plenty of comic relief is present to ease them, mostly involving Boris and Muk and Luk (the two polar bears). I personally liked the recurring gag when Kaltag hits Star in the head for saying something random. It gave me a smile each time. And the romantic moments of Balto and his girlfriend Jenna are extremely sweet indeed. Again, I found it sympathetic when Steele (the films ruthless antagonist) tries to spoil things for Balto by bullying him and trying to take Jenna from him.I found the animation to be very well done. With nice character designs and detailed Alaskan backdrops, all of which are well-drawn and gently animated, it allows to show how much work and effort Amblimation put into this traditionally animated masterpiece. James Horner's music is very atmospheric and dramatic and I liked how there were no random musical numbers to interrupt its flow.The voice acting is just as great. Bob Hoskins (as Boris) and Bridget Fonda (as Jenna) do a good job while Phil Collins voices Muk and Luk adorably and Jim Cummings is great as evil Steele. However, I would have to commend Kevin Bacon's performance for Balto. He voiced Balto sensibly. Not overacting, bland or hip, but he gave the character a more of a calm, humble, shy and likable personality similar to mine. Its another similarity me and Balto have.In conclusion, I would have to say that I absolutely adored Balto, and thats because of its great animation, story, casting and a protagonist who I could really relate to. I'm glad that I found out about this underrated classic and its a good thing others have too. If you like animation or dogs and you haven't seen it already, then I believe that Balto well deserves your attention. You will fall in love with it just like I did.Grade: "A"