VividSimon Simply Perfect

Stometer Save your money for something good and enjoyable

Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

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

dgordon-40939 If you take this film outside of the world of Anastasia (cause they're only connected through one character) - you'll get a good impression out of it.Is it a great animation for today? Maybe not so much. BUT: it has a very pleasant, unique magical atmosphere that makes you want to watch this movie with a sense of lightness, like you have nothing in the world to worry about. It puts you right into your childhood mode, and especially if you've seen it before.AND, the music is simply amazing!!! I would definitely recommend watching it, but just try not to expect a masterpiece or it being connected to Anastasia too much. Treat is a light piece of entertainment, which it is.

zsofikam I had seen Bartok The Magnificent several years ago and I recently re-watched it. Along with The Pebble And The Penguin and A Troll In Central Park, Bartok The Magnificent is not as good as An American Tail, All Dogs Go To Heaven, The Land Before Time, and especially The Secret Of NIMH. While re-watching it, I expected to be really corny but it's by no means awful and there are actually some good things about it. The animation is quite nice and there are some pretty cool characters. Baba Yaga is suitably menacing, Pilaf is adorable, and Zozi and the skull crack me up. On the flip side, the script/story suffered from being somewhat predictable and I don't care for the songs. Also, Bartok is kind of annoying but is actually less annoying here than he is in Anastasia. Not the best movie ever but nowhere near as bad as it could have been. PS: The way Baba Yaga reacts to being hugged is absolutely hilarious.

TheLittleSongbird Anastasia is my personal favourite Don Bluth movie, but this film actually does it justice if not as good.The animation is mostly good, bright and colourful, that falls a tad flat in the scarier bits. The story is a bit noisy, but well told, considering that the film itself is too short. The dialogue is good, the best coming from Zozi, and the morals are admirable.The songs are quite good, but not as beautiful as Anastasia. All of them are lively, and atmospheric, but could have been better timed. The voice talents are impeccable, Bartok is a little annoying but Hank Azaria voices him well, but Kelsey Grammar is perfect as Zozi. Andrea Martin is convincing as Baba Yaga, and Catherine O'Hara is a suitably over the top villain, a bit too OTT perhaps. Tim Curry is also very good as the skull who was brilliantly animated, and Jennifer Tilly is great as Pilaf .An entertaining movie! Look out for it! 7/10. Bethany Cox

orlandolover the skull dude (played by tim curry) is really cool.... the songs r awesome! and who says cartoons can't be good??? The witch is awesome.. first off~ zozie is an AWESOME name... second bartok has the COOLEST accent EVER!! (all of the characters do... ) but i gotta say.... the best character is piloff.... she's.... 'a.... thing... after my own heart' *sigh* ok, well... see it. And there's my review.