This movie bring me back to childhood! And is one of the reasons I fell in love with film making itself.This movie can be shared amongst generations to come, for it does not fall short of the American Dream, and what it takes to obtain it! For a cartoon, the characters are real life, the drama, personalities and more.The journey is what truly captures each viewer, for we all have a journey we seek, and attempt to conquer.Through diversity, a story is created, as well as an adventure to be shared. I spent times laughing, crying, and looking for my own adventure to discover growing up. And that is what makes this movie relatable, enjoyable, unforgettable.

Let me get this out of the way - I hate An American Tail (the original) - I think it is a gloomy, morose and overly sentimental piece of tripe. What's more, you try getting a child to watch this trek into unhappiness and gooey emotions... it's not going to happen! Fievel Goes West on the other hand is a much lighter affair, with more cheer and one or two really lovable characters the kids will want to watch and adults won't want to smear the screen with chocolate because of. It is a little two dimensional (no pun intended) and it is also a little episodic and disjointed in places, but it recovers well and bounces back for a great finale. In short, if the kids have been good then let them watch Fievel Goes West (if they've been naughty then you could always punish them by making them watch An American Tail). I have always enjoyed this film and it continues to lighten the day.

Some folks complain that this movie doesn't equal to the original and they are right. It isn't as heart-warming, it isn't as dark and the voice and animation style is noticeably different. It relies heavily on sight gags and less on plot.That being said, I find very little wrong about those issues. I have a very hard time really pining down a solid plot for the first movie to begin with, since it's just a series of a scenes featuring Fievel just barely missing chances to re-unite with his family. In the second movie, he has a more pointed mission: to successfully warn/protect the mice from yet another self-appointed "sophisticate".The original movie was good and gave kids a glimpse into an important part of our history (immigration) but the theme was too slow and depressing to carry the full weight of two movies.The second movie, in addition to snappy animation and clever gags, brought on another 19th century mind-set, the prospect of the west and a future of not only being in America, but being a PART of America itself.Overall, despite this movie's differences from the original, it is still charming and a great deal higher in quality than other sequels.And let's be honest, what little boy doesn't dream about fighting alongside his hero?

Growing up, I must have seen An American Tail and feivel Goes West a million times. Recently, I got the DVD in a fit of nostalgia and found that I still knew every line from both movies. But while the first movie is well done and rather dark, this movie is much more lighthearted and has some incredibly amusing moments.The pace is that of a children's movie. I will admit, not a lot of time is spent on atmosphere an the tone of the movie is constantly shifting from serious/sinister (ie. Feivel gets picked up by a Hawk) to goofy (said hawk gets blasted from the sky in a shower of feathers by teeny mouse natives).But despite its pacing, it is quite entertaining. Dom DeLuise is hysterical and really develops a character in this movie. He does the prissy city cat learning to be a frontier dog so well. The animation is much crisper than the first.The song 'Dreams to Dream' caught me off guard. When I was little, I loved the song because it was cute, but watching it again, this song is really an amazing song. Much more emotional and gripping than 'My Heart Will Go On' (another James Horner single). It has that kind of epic, romance novel feel that 'I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You' had (yet another James Horner single from The Mask of Zorro). The Linda Ronstadt version is OK, but the orchestral movie version with Tanya singing is really fantastic.John Cleese is wonderful as he always is. Cat R. Waul's fate is classic. His attempts to remain aloof and aristocratic, but his catlike tendency to completely overreact and lose his cool when caught off guard shines through perfectly.James Stewart is great and has some really great moments. His dry, sardonic wit shows through in a lot of scenes that I completely missed as a kid. "I never taught him that..." when Tiger sweeps Miss Kitty off her feet and the pair vanishes off screen.Kids will love this and parents won't be bored watching it with their kids. Entertaining, brief and a lot of fun.