The Secret of NIMH (1982)'s comments

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ChrisReynolds

It's got some really good individual moments, some excitement, and the story has a lot more of an edge than you'd see in a Disney cartoon, but overall there were too many aimless scenes and rather poor direction that meant occasional loss of interest in the proceedings. I'm still not sure how I felt about the deus ex machina at the end - it was impressive, but the film seemed to have been taking a more sci-fi approach and then it brings in some inexplicable magic. Plus the crow was the usual terrible clumsy comic relief character that always seems to pop up in these animated films. He could have been written out with minimal changes to the story.

10 years 8 months ago

KPND

It's pretty good, and the lead mouse character is really likable. However, I didn't like the changes from the book, with the mystical stone nonsense. And the crow is the Jar Jar Binks of this movie, crapping up every scene he's in.

11 years 8 months ago

SailorCardKnight

Such an amazing film! Whenever I name off examples of American animation at its best, this is one of them. Its sad to see animated films of this level aren't being made anymore.

...Meanwhile theres talk of remaking this into the form of a live-action/CGI movie, like Alvin and the Chipmunks. *shudder*

12 years 8 months ago

Emiam

8/10
Classic of the defected Disney competitor Dom Bluth - very gently hand animated, as nice and charming as it was before. And not as hectic as many of today's CGI animated films have a strong tendency to be.

3 years ago

afan

fantastic movie. if you like animation at all, this is a must see!

12 years 5 months ago

Zeltaebar

A gem of a movie. Unusually dark for a cartoon. That cat is the most rabid, horrible creature I've ever seen in a cartoon. The only thing wrong about it is that annoying crow character, a comic relief best left out of the movie.

12 years 9 months ago

Siskoid

The Secret of NIMH is a Tom Bluth animated film (his first) based on a children's book, about a mouse trying to save her sick child when the plow chases most every animal from the field. Her only hope, the technologically adept rats of NIMH. The level of animation is quite high, and the world created detailed and beautiful to look at. The mix of science and magic (not in the book) gives the story a fairy tale quality, but is more than a little odd, and while the cast is rich (and features many big names), it creates a number of helper characters who may or may not have enough screen time to truly justify their roles. Still, I can't fault the film's world-building. Those "defects" give it extra layers, depth and scope. Between that and the ruthlessness of Bluth's vision - cute critters or not, death is very real - he's created something kids can keep coming back to well into their adulthood.

6 years 5 months ago