
In Victorian London, England, a little mouse girl's toymaker father is abducted by a peglegged bat. She enlists the aid of Basil of Baker Street, the rodent world's answer to Sherlock Holmes. The case expands as Basil uncovers the crime's link to a plot against the Crown itself.... (Full plot summary below)
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In Victorian London, England, a little mouse girl's toymaker father is abducted by a peglegged bat. She enlists the aid of Basil of Baker Street, the rodent world's answer to Sherlock Holmes. The case expands as Basil uncovers the crime's link to a plot against the Crown itself.
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| Chicago TribuneJohanna SteinmetzAs usual with film noir, however, it is the villain who steals the heart and one is rooting for in the breathtaking showdown high up in the cogs and ratchets of Big Ben. |
| EmpireIan NathanThe genuinely witty and endearing Disney animation that everyone forgets. |
| Juicy CerebellumAlex SandellNot classic, but the start of something good. |
| Common Sense MediaSandie Angulo ChenClever Sherlock Holmes tribute mixes wit, peril. |
| Video-Reviewmaster.comSteve CrumPedestrian Disney cartoon w/nice Vincent Price voice-over. |
| Washington PostPaul AttanasioThe Great Mouse Detective reflects the energy and enthusiasm of a talented group of young artists stretching their wings for the first time. That group has gone on to produce some truly extraordinary work, win awards and earn sums no one believed could be made from an animated film. And, as has often been the case at Disney, it all began with a mouse. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertWhat's fun is the carefree way the animators swing through their story, using the freedom of the cartoon form to blend 19th century realism with images that seem borrowed from more recent special-effects pictures. |
| The New York TimesNina DarntonIn The Great Mouse Detective the Disney formula is used undiluted, and that is how it works best. The heroes are appealing, the villains have that special Disney flair - humorous blackguards who really enjoy being evil -and the script is witty and not overly sentimental. |
| Antagony & EcstasyTim BraytonIf the film fails to click on all the emotional levels that Disney might have wanted, at least it's a brightly-paced bit of comedy and fun. |
| Slant MagazineChristian BlauveltMouse Detective, though, just tries to get by with nothing more than the novelty of having rodents play detective, and then pulls the rug out from under it by showing, however briefly, the human Holmes and Watson. |