
From a riddle-speaking butterfly (Robert Klein), a unicorn (Mia Farrow) learns that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all of the others having been herded away by the Red Bull. The unicorn sets out to discover the truth behind the butterfly's words. She is eventually joined on her quest by Schmendrick (Alan Arkin), a second-rate magician, and Molly Grue (Tammy Grimes), a middle-aged woman who dreamt all her life of seeing a unicorn. Their journey leads them far from hom... (Full plot summary below)
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From a riddle-speaking butterfly (Robert Klein), a unicorn (Mia Farrow) learns that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all of the others having been herded away by the Red Bull. The unicorn sets out to discover the truth behind the butterfly's words. She is eventually joined on her quest by Schmendrick (Alan Arkin), a second-rate magician, and Molly Grue (Tammy Grimes), a middle-aged woman who dreamt all her life of seeing a unicorn. Their journey leads them far from home, all the way to the castle of King Haggard (Sir Christopher Lee).
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| Antagony & EcstasyTim BraytonHas a screenplay that's among the most literate ever written in the English language for what certainly would appear, from all the evidence, to be a "children's movie". |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatThe Last Unicorn is sure to be a rare treat for lovers of fantasy. |
| Mania.comRob VauxWe don't see stories like this anymore. In point of fact, we never did... which makes this movie all the more wonderful. |
| TheBluFile.comDustin PutmanHolds a forlorn, poetic beauty that separates it from the more conventional family-targeted animated features of its timeor any era, for that matter. |
| Common Sense MediaRenee SchonfeldClassic '80s animated fantasy has some scary moments. |
| The New York TimesJanet MaslinFeatures a cast that would do any live-action film proud, a visual style noticeably different from that of other children's fare, and a story filled with genuine sweetness and mystery. |
| Washington PostRichard HarringtonThe Last Unicorn will endure as a film for reasons both intellectual and aesthetic. It’s full of rich ideas and revisions of outdated, sexist stereotypes, and thereby feels more modern than many animated classics. Additionally, it’s often gorgeous. |
| Miami HeraldBill CosfordThe Last Unicorn represents a rare example of an animated kids' pic in which the script and vocal performances outshine the visuals. |
| The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe Last Unicorn is notable because author Peter S. Beagle adapted his own popular 1968 novel, and made sure that his philosophical ruminations on myth, truth, and illusion remained integral to the plot. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeNearly everyone who waxes rhapsodic over The Last Unicorn starts off noting how they 'grew up' on the film. |