An American Tail (1986)

79 min · Animation

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43 TAME

ScoutScore

Very little flagged.

An American Tail scores 43 on the ScoutScore, which is Tame. Very little flagged. FilmScout maps 12 flagged scenes.

A ScoutScore is a living number. We re-check movies against the source and raise or lower it when we find something the first pass missed, so a score you see today can differ from one you saw last month.

What FilmScout flagged

Heads up

Content map

How the scenes we flagged in this movie divide up by kind. These are shares of what was flagged, not a level, and not a promise about anything we did not flag: a movie with very little flagged content can still be 80% one kind.

Flagged for scary and dark with violence and action.

Scary and dark	45%
Violence and action	28%
Themes	23%
Sexual content	none flagged
Substances	2%
Language	2%
All flagged content	100%

Direction is the kind of content flagged. Reach is the ScoutScore, which is how much there is: green at the centre, yellow, orange, then red at the dotted line, which is 100. The scale has no ceiling, so a shape can cross it.

Scenes FilmScout flagged

Heads up Cossack raid destroys the village
Heads up Fievel swept overboard in the storm
Heads up Family believes Fievel is dead
Heads up Warren T. sells Fievel to a sweatshop
Heads up Cat gang attacks the mouse marketplace
Heads up Wake scene - mouse killed by cats
Heads up Alcohol offered at the wake
Heads up Fievel discovers Warren T. is a cat
Heads up Cats attack early - plan nearly falls apart
Heads up Giant Mouse of Minsk chases cats into the sea

Where each one lands in the runtime, and alerts that arrive before it does, are in the app.

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Age ratings by country

AU	G
GB	U
US	G

Talk about it after

“Fievel loses his family not once but several times on the way to America, yet keeps going. What do you think kept him from giving up for good, even when the street orphans told him no one was looking for him?”

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Common questions

Is An American Tail okay for kids?

An American Tail scores 43 on FilmScout's ScoutScore, which places it in the Tame tier. Very little flagged. FilmScout has mapped 12 flagged scenes in it, covering action, theme, dark imagery. The right answer depends on your child, which is why FilmScout shows you the scenes instead of giving a verdict.

What is the ScoutScore for An American Tail?

43, which is the Tame tier. The ScoutScore is driven by the intensity of a movie's heaviest moments rather than how many it has.

What is An American Tail rated?

An American Tail is rated G in the United States. Ratings differ by country: AU G, GB U, US G. A letter rating stamps a whole movie at once, so FilmScout scores it scene by scene instead.

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Each flagged moment with its place in the runtime, plus live alerts that follow along while you watch.

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