Disney's The Great Mouse Detective

     The Great Mouse Detective is a quirky and charming film centered around a Sherlock Holmes-like Mouse named Basil of Baker Street and his arch-nemesis Professor Ratigan. 

    As a whole, the characters are great. Basil's eccentricity compliments his assistant Dawson's chivalrous and gentlemanly demeanor, the little mouse girl Olivia is  adorable,  and Fidget the peg-legged bat is quite funny.

     But it's the villain Professor Ratigan,  voiced by Vincent Price, who steals the show. He is truly a top-tier Disney Villain as he combines a dry wit that is quite amusing with a truly menacing and diabolical nature.

     The visuals range from average to very good for the most part, in my opinion.  I found myself liking the innovative look of Black Cauldron better but Great Mouse Detective is well-animated with great character design and a scene during the finale involving a clock-tower is stunning and really is a highlight of the film.

    Overall this is a family-friendly children's movie but there is smoking and alcohol,  mention of drugged drinks, and a part of a song and dance routine with a mouse show-girl that, while mostly quite charming, has a portion that might oddly seem a bit risqué for a children's movie.

     This is a very great animated film but a bit less emotionally poignant than classics like Rescuers and Fox and the Hound so I will give it a 9 5. 

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