Awesome Movie

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

What begins as a feel-good-human-interest story turns into a mystery, then a tragedy, and ultimately an outrage.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

This film is fantastic. This was a great start for Don Bluth´s movie career. This film had gorgeous visuals, great voice acting, a great story and is one of the darkest animated films i´ve ever seen (The only film that beats it is Coraline). Many of my favorite movies star british people and this is one of those films. I can't find anything negative to say about this movie. Anything negative stems from the fact it's an old movie meaning it would held back by the technology of the time. I would definitely recommend this movie. 9.6/10

I'm not going to bother with what CULT as an acronym means. As some background, this film was pitched shortly after Don Bluth left Disney in 1979 over production values in The Fox and The Hound. As a first film for an animation studio, the Disney-esque art style and story really blew me away when I saw it on TV. The animation has some Disney mojo mixed in with subtle originality, and quite a few times I went "Whoa" at how well done the effects were, such as colored light flashes. The characters, while being worth our eyes, are actually not highly memorable, and the cast to a modern person would seem incredibly obscure (despite how their performances are amazing). The story presents a lot of darkness and mystery, with anxiety or intrigue in an absolute majority of the frames. 15 years after having left our childhood memories with Tom and Jerry, Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer makes the wise decision to distribute this film (but oh God no they made a sequel), and not long after it lost popularity, CULT grew. See it should you consider it, because for the most part, it deserves CULT.

Don Bluth took an excellent book - Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH - and turned it into a mediocre animated movie that has non of the book's charm and intelligence.What I liked especially about Robert C. Obrien's book was how he went to a great length to explain with a credible scientific background story (relative to science fiction, of course) how the rats of NIMH became super intelligent animals. Bluth, on the other hand, seems to inject his Christian beliefs into the story by taking away most of the scientific stuff and replacing it with, and there is really no other word for it, magic. And even here he does a poor job, providing a weak story that further diminishes the quality of the movie.My recommendation is to stick to the book and wait until a more talented director take a stab at it in the future.

Don Bluth left Disney to start work on this masterpiece, and I'm glad he did because this film deserves to be celebrated and persevered. Don't be fooled by it's animated format: this is quite a heavy film for kids and is better enjoyed by adults who can understand the situation that the main character is going through.Mrs. Brisby is a field mouse who is looking after a gravely ill child, but her life takes unexpected turn when she must move her home, which would risk the life of her son. Desperate for help, she stumbles upon a world that amazes her, and the residents speak highly of her deceased husband. What follows is political drama, an aging prophet, and Brisby's faith in her children put to the ultimate test. Her emotions are not only genuine, but very easy to relate too. The supporting cast is full of personality and their relationships with each other are what make this film work. Combine this with truly brilliant animation and you have a fantastic film!