A beautiful unicorn sets out to learn if she truly is the last of her kind in this sparkling animated musical.
- theicephoenixJanuary 1, 2025The Last Unicorn is not only an animated treasure from the 1980s, it is the movie that premiered in theaters the very day I was born. That connection alone makes it special, but over the years it has become much more than that. It is my favorite movie of all time and the one story I never outgrew. The cast is filled with legends. Mia Farrow gives the unicorn a fragile, haunting beauty. Jeff Bridges brings heart and sincerity. Christopher Lee adds unmatched power as King Haggard, every line echoing with menace. Angela Lansbury shines as the cunning Mommy Fortuna. And René Auberjonois gives a chilling yet oddly playful voice to the talking skeleton in Haggard’s castle. Fans of science fiction know him just as well as Odo from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, which makes his performance here all the more special for me as a lifelong Trekkie. The Rankin/Bass animation has a dreamy, ethereal quality, and the music by America makes the entire film feel timeless. Beneath the beauty, it tells a story of loss, change, and identity that resonates more deeply the older you get. For me, The Last Unicorn is more than a film. It is the beginning of my timeline and a story that has walked beside me since the day I came into the world.
- Mifredk GyualNovember 13, 2025Neuntoter same thing? Funny how in 1982 it was determined by some large zygote mind that we were not ready for the lizard people. But somehow we were ready for talking unicorns or horses with magic psychic energy horns. Perhaps being a tadpole and just avoiding the guillotine would be something to look forward to. Fantasy is fun I suppose, but I can do without all of the Copenhagen accord rebuttals. So yeah. I guess the artwork of the Last Unicorn works though. As some kind of backwards twisted version of the Ugly duckling. Somehow it feels like the ugly duckling has aged way better. Glycolysis aside. But Wallace and Gromit, you can keep knitting your Ganymede shirts. I would vote more for Lil E. Tee, but this ain't the Kentucky Derby. More of some Kurt the Cyber guy idea of a bromance with watches made out of Fred Whipple's heat shield.
- Drei Löwen Home TheaterApril 14, 2025Despite a first class cast of actors lending their voices, the script and most of the song’s text were difficult to listen to (with the notable exception of the title song). The singers sung beautifully but what they were singing made less sense than the actual text of many operas. My 7-year-old daughter, the target audience, thoroughly liked it. There are a few very violent and implied graphic scenes that may need some interventional interpretation for younger children (like a harpy ripping apart a human and killing two people).
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The Last Unicorn was released on November 19, 1982.
The Last Unicorn was directed by Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin, Jr..
The Last Unicorn has a runtime of 1h 32m.
The Last Unicorn was produced by Arthur Rankin, Jr., Jules Bass.
A beautiful unicorn sets out to learn if she truly is the last of her kind in this sparkling animated musical.
The key characters in The Last Unicorn are Unicorn / Amalthea (voice) (Mia Farrow), Schmendrick (voice) (Alan Arkin), Molly Grue (voice) (Tammy Grimes).
The Last Unicorn is rated G.
The Last Unicorn is a Fantasy, Animation, Family film.
The Last Unicorn has an audience rating of 8.6 out of 10.
The Last Unicorn has made $6.5M at the box office.